Exercise-Tracker: Can't get past first few checks

JavaScript
1

Hello, I am on the exercise-tracker of Microservices and API’s subject. I Cannot get past the first few checks of the assignment. Specifically the " You can POST to /api/users with form data username to create a new user." and the two after it. The error message is: “ReferenceError: createPerson is not defined”
How can I get it to work and pass the tests? What did I miss?

Here is my code:

const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const cors = require('cors')
const mongoose = require("mongoose")
require('dotenv').config()
app.use(cors())
app.use(express.static('public'))

const Schema = mongoose.Schema

const personSchema = new Schema({
  username: { type: String, required: true},
})

const exerciseSchema = new Schema({
  description: { type: String, required: true},
  duration: { type: Number, required: true},
  date: { type: Date, required: true},
})

const Person = mongoose.model("person", personSchema)

const Exercises = mongoose.model("exercises", exerciseSchema)


app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.sendFile(__dirname + '/views/index.html')
});


app.post("/api/users", (res) => {
  res.json({guy})
  const createPerson = (finish) =>{
    let guy = new Person({
      username: "hey hey 1",
    })
    guy.save((error, data) =>{
      if(error){
        console.log(error)
      }
      else{
        finish(null, data)
      }
    })
  }

})




const listener = app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000, () => {
  console.log('Your app is listening on port ' + listener.address().port)
})

exports.PersonModel = Person;
exports.createPerson =  createPerson;

(FYI: If you’re wondering why am not using mongodb or calling it to connect in my code it is because I am using the VSC extension for MongoDB which does that for me automatically).

2

How are you using the last 2 lines of your code?

3

createPerson is scoped to the route handler. It should be declared in an outer scope (for the exports).

4

to export the models to the database

5

Do you mean like this?

 const createPerson = (finish) =>{
    let guy = new Person({
      username: "hey hey 1",
    })
    guy.save((error, data) =>{
      if(error){
        console.log(error)
      }
      else{
        finish(null, data)
      }
    })
  }

app.post("/api/users", (res) => {
  res.json({createPerson})

})
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