Getting an undefined token of add category in console - node.js

Question

I am new to React and Node and I'm getting an undefined token in console when I add category I get undefined in the console. I am using cookie-parser.
server.js file:
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const cors = require('cors');
const morgan = require('morgan');
const cookieParser = require('cookie-parser')
const connectDB = require('./database/db');
const authRoutes = require('./routes/auth');
const categoryRoutes = require('./routes/category');
//middleware
app.use(cors());
//dev specifies it is for development
app.use(morgan('dev'));
//express.json allows us to parse incoming request in json in the format of a json
app.use(express.json());
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use('/api/auth', authRoutes);
//route for category
app.use('/api/category', categoryRoutes);
connectDB();
app.get('/', (req,res) => {
res.send('Inside Server');
});
const port = process.env.PORT || 5000;
app.listen(port, ()=>console.log(`Listening on port ${port}`));
category.js (controller file)
exports.create = (req,res) => {
setTimeout(()=> {
res.json({
successMessage: `${req.body.category} was created!`
});
}, 5000);
};
category.js (routes file)
const express = require('express');
const router = express.Router();
const categoryController = require('../controllers/category');
const { authenticateJWT } = require('../middleware/authenticator');
router.post('/', authenticateJWT , categoryController.create);
module.exports = router;
authenticator.js (middleware file)
const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
const { jwtSecret } = require('../config/keys');
exports.authenticateJWT = (req, res, next) => {
const token = req.cookies.token;
console.log(token);
}
keys.js file
//it is gonna tell us/ signifying if we are live if in develoopment or in production
const LIVE = false;
if (LIVE) {
module.exports = require('./prod.js');
} else {
module.exports = require('./dev.js');
}
Console screen:
Instead of undefined i should be getting token.
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Thanks!

Answer 1

Is there a token Cookie available? (You can check using the inspector of your browser, normally in the „application“ tab. If you are sending the request using any tools like postman, curl, wget, …, you have to set the cookie first.)
Was the cookie available on any other routes? What’s the difference between these routes and the category route? Is it possible that your cookie is constrained to a specific path, e.g. to /api/auth? If so, adjust the path in res.cookie.