TypeError: object is not a function Node js Node Authentication

Question

This is one of my first stack overflow questions, so I'll try to do my best in asking my question..

I'm following this tutorial exactly ( http://scotch.io/tutorials/javascript/easy-node-authentication-setup-and-local ) and after the third part ( "Application Setup server.js) when I try to run the server I get "TypeError: object is not a function" for the line:

require('./app/routes.js')(app, pspt); // load our routes and pass in our app

I found other people having similar problems that were caused by naming conflicts with local variables. I tried renaming passport to pspt but it seems like the error was found at the start of the second parenthesis, before my variables. Should I rename the 'app/routes' folder?

Thanks!

EDIT: Yeah, the tutorial made it seem like it should work right after the third part. I moved onto the fourth part and it worked fine. Thanks again.

Answer 1

Make sure your ./app/routes.js module returns a function. It should be something like:

module.exports = function(app, passport) {
    //...
};