Subj : Noddy errors
To   : All
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Thu Jul 25 2024 01:15 pm

I installed noddy today.  The first time I fired it up, I got the following
error:

node app.js ~/Talisman
/home/bbs/Talisman/noddy/app.js:53
    secret: talismanconfig.noddy['session secret'],
                                ^

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'session secret')
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/bbs/Talisman/noddy/app.js:53:33)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1356:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1414:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1197:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1013:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain]
(node:internal/modules/run_main:128:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:28:49

Node.js v18.19.0

I added the following to my talisman.ini file:

[noddy]
session secret =

I then fired it up and it seemed to start OK:

node app.js ~/Talisman
express-session deprecated req.secret; provide secret option app.js:51:9
Noddy listening at http://localhost:3000

However, when I surfed in to check it out, I got the following error in my
browser window:

Error: secret option required for sessions
    at session
(/home/bbs/Talisman/noddy/node_modules/express-session/index.js:204:12)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request]
(/home/bbs/Talisman/noddy/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
    at trim_prefix
(/home/bbs/Talisman/noddy/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:328:13)
    at /home/bbs/Talisman/noddy/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:286:9
    at Function.process_params
(/home/bbs/Talisman/noddy/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:346:12)
    at next
(/home/bbs/Talisman/noddy/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:280:10)
    at urlencodedParser (/home/bbs/Talisman/noddy/node_modules/body-
parser/lib/types/urlencoded.js:91:7)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request]
(/home/bbs/Talisman/noddy/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
    at trim_prefix
(/home/bbs/Talisman/noddy/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:328:13)
    at /home/bbs/Talisman/noddy/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:286:9

I am guessing I still need to do some extra things in my talisman.ini file.  I
tried to go to the 
Talisman BBS website to see if there was any documentation, but it appears to
be down:

Error resolving “talismanbbs.com”: Temporary failure in name resolution


Thanks!
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