Error: DPI-1002: invalid dpiConn handle: Nodejs, Oracledb - node.js

Question

I have the following API, the API is inserting into a table based on user selection from the client. User can select different material belonging to same experiment. In my payload, I have materials as array, experiment as string. I tried several ways to resolve my error. Following was the last try:
app.post("/insertMaterials", (req, res) => {
for (let mat of req.body["material"]) {
try {
oracledb.getConnection(
{
user: "some_user",
password: "some_pw",
connectString: "someConnStr",
},
function (err, connection) {
if (err) {
console.error("1" + err);
return;
}
connection.execute(
"INSERT INTO MATERIALS (ID, MAT_NAME, EXPR) VALUES((SELECT max(ID) + 1 FROM MATERIALS), :1, :2)",
[mat, req.body["experiment"]],
(err, result) => {
if (err) {
console.error("log " + err);
}
connection.commit();
connection.close();
}
);
}
);
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
}
return res.status(200).json({
title: "SUCCESS: Materials Inserted",
});
});
I always get:
triggerUncaughtException(err, true / fromPromise /);
^
[Error: DPI-1002: invalid dpiConn handle] { errorNum: 0, offset: 0 }
Before I had a separate function of the block inside the for loop and I also tried with execeuteMany. Still same error. After trying lot other ways and reading in internet, I couldn't solve the issue. Except for finally catching uncaughtException and logging the error:
process.on('uncaughtException', (error, next) => {
let date = new Date()
errorLogStream.write(`Date: ${date}. Err: ${error.stack} \n`)
return
})
By catching this exception, my program does not break anymore and data is always inserted. But it would be great to know how and when this is raised and how this can be resolved or where if I am doing a mistake.
UPDATE
Payload example: {'material': ['F99999.7', 'J84845.4'], 'experiment': 'NA32R'}
Function:
async function addMatToExpr(exp, mat) {
let connection;
try {
connection = await oracledb.getConnection(
{
user: "some_user",
password: "some_pw",
connectString: "someConnStr",
});
result = await connection.execute("INSERT INTO MATERIALS (ID,
MAT_NAME, EXPR) VALUES((SELECT max(ID) + 1 FROM MATERIALS), :1, :2)",
[exp, mat], { autoCommit: true })
} catch (error) {
return res.status(404).json({
title: error,
});
} finally {
if (connection) {
try {
await connection.close()
} catch(error) {
console.log(error)
}
}
}
}
API:
app.post("/insertMaterials", (req, res) => {
for (let mat of req.body["materials"]) {
addMatToExpr(req.body["experiment"], mat)
}
});
Added the async/await function and the api that calls the function.

Answer 1

You need to 'await' the Oracle function calls so each completes before continuing. Currently the connection is being closed before the statement is executed.
See all the node-oracledb documentation and examples.
E.g.
async function run() {
let connection;
try {
connection = await oracledb.getConnection(dbConfig);
result = await connection.execute(sql, binds, options);
console.dir(result, { depth: null });
} catch (err) {
console.error(err);
} finally {
if (connection) {
try {
await connection.close();
} catch (err) {
console.error(err);
}
}
}
}