can't install on glitch+mLab

Hi, Thank you very much, this project is a great idea!

There are errors when trying to install it on glitch.com I changed localhost to the correct domain name, adapted to use mLab db and had to run next build in the console and it ran. Web page is showing at https://alheimsins-bigfive-web.glitch.me, but example and finalizing the test throw client errors in the console, it’s related to the db since the results collection is not created. For example: {name: “Internal Server Error.”, message: “500 - Internal Server Error.”, statusCode: 500}

SW registered:  
ServiceWorkerRegistration {scope: "https://alheimsins-bigfive-web.glitch.me/", updateViaCache: "imports", active: ServiceWorker, installing: null, navigationPreload: NavigationPreloadManager, …}
active: ServiceWorker {scriptURL: "https://alheimsins-bigfive-web.glitch.me/service-worker.js", state: "activated", onerror: null, onstatechange: null}
installing: null
navigationPreload: NavigationPreloadManager {}
onupdatefound: null
paymentManager: PaymentManager {instruments: PaymentInstruments, userHint: ""}
pushManager: PushManager {}
scope: "https://alheimsins-bigfive-web.glitch.me/"
sync: SyncManager {}
updateViaCache: "imports"
waiting: null
__proto__: ServiceWorkerRegistration

You can see more errors if you test it directly at https://alheimsins-bigfive-web.glitch.me AFAIK, there are no error in the server console though https://glitch.com/edit/#!/alheimsins-bigfive-web If you can’t access the server, tell me your glitch username and I’ll grant you write access.

I tried with now.sh but I don’t get why it can’t see the now.json in my repo at project creation and from the local CLI I get something weird:

PS E:\bigfive-web> .\now-win.exe secrets add b5-db-connection "username:[e-mail]:25574/db"
> Error! The secret name "b5-db-connection" already exists for this user
PS E:\bigfive-web> .\now-win.exe
> WARN! You are using an old version of the Now Platform. More: https://zeit.co/docs/v1-upgrade
> Deploying E:\bigfive-web under zeitco14
> Error! No secret found by uid or name "b5_db_connection"
> More details: https://err.sh/now-cli/env-no-secret

Frankly, glitch is far easier, all I need, I think, is to figure out is the db connection. Thanks for your help.

[j2l]

Haaa, “-” vs “_”, I didn’t see it! I followed your glitch way and had no server error and the example page working!

So, I tested the same process with my db but next build didn’t created the results collection and running the web server throws the error:

Error: timeout of 8000ms exceeded
    at e.exports (showResult.js:1)
    at XMLHttpRequest.m.ontimeout (showResult.js:1)
(anonymous) @ main-aa2e1625697cbd4bcfc1.js:10
58a70606a835c400c8b38e84:1 Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500 ()
The FetchEvent for "https://alheimsins-bigfive-web.glitch.me:3000/api/get/58a70606a835c400c8b38e84" resulted in a network error response: an object that was not a Response was passed to respondWith().

So, it’s the collection creation that is not working somehow. I guess at the next build stage.

I also tried with now-win (“Welcome to now way” 😃 ) but got a glitch (ok, I stop with puns):

> Success! Secret b5_db_connection added (zeitco14) [561ms]
PS E:\bigfive-web> .\now-win.exe
> WARN! You are using an old version of the Now Platform. More: https://zeit.co/docs/v1-upgrade
> Deploying E:\bigfive-web under zeitco14
> Using project bigfive-web
> Error! You tried to create a Now 1.0 deployment. Please use Now 2.0 instead: https://zeit.co/upgrade

Sooo, back to square one.

BTW, I was surprised your credentials are working, I expected an error. So, I made a copy of the test collection on my mLab account. And now it’s working on glitch. It’s definitely a collection creation issue.

If I make the collection manually it works, so I’m fine.

[maccyber]

Thanks for a great guide and your interest @j2l.

About now try now-win.exe secrets add b5_db_connection "username:[e-mail]:25574/db

With underscore instead of hyphen.

About glitch

.env file only gets read in dev environments.

Try to paste this directly in config.js in the project root.

module.exports = {
  JWT_SECRET: process.env.JWT_SECRET || 'Gibberish, jibberish, jibber-jabber and gobbledygook',
  DB_CONNECTION: process.env.DB_CONNECTION || 'hacktoberfest:[e-mail]:53659/bigfive',
  DB_COLLECTION: process.env.DB_COLLECTION || 'test',
  URL: process.env.URL || 'https://alheimsins-bigfive-web.glitch.me'
}

Then presumably next build

Try the database connection easily by navigate to https://alheimsins-bigfive-web.glitch.me/result/58a70606a835c400c8b38e84

And look in the console for errors.

The test-database should contain the 58a70606a835c400c8b38e84 reference.