Implement the Serialization of a Passport User - Not Passing

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Implement the Serialization of a Passport User - Test Not Passing

For some reason, I can’t pass this lesson. I have no idea what I’m doing wrong.

Here is a link to my solution: lesson solution

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Error: secret option required for sessions

Do you have SESSION_SECRET in your secrets?

Please link to the editor when asking for help.

https://replit.com/@ibekingsley/boilerplate-advancednode

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Not sure how to replace the SESSION_SECRETS with the default value in the .env file.

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You do not use the .env file on Replit you use the Secrets as shown in the docs I linked to.

SESSION_SECRET is the key and the value can be any random value.

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Alright, trying it now…

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I followed the instruction in the docs you sent earlier, now the second test passed but the first one failed, It seems that I am not properly connecting the database. @lasjorg

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The code is passing for me with my own DB.

I can only assume you also didn’t add the connection string correctly to the secrets. This has all been taught and used before so you should know how to do it.

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@lasjorg thank you for your constant help. I have cross-checked my code. I don’t think I understand where the bug is. This is how I added the connect string to the secrets:
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console.log(process.env.SESSION_SECRET); returns the right SESSION_SECRET value.

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Oh success. I added the MONGO_URI to secrets, somehow it worked.

Thank you

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