codingthat · codingthat · Sep 11, 2020 · Sep 8, 2020 · Sep 8, 2020 · Sep 8, 2020
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .idea
 **/node_modules
 data
+yarn.lock
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,22 +1,19 @@
 # REST API Tutorial
 
-This sample is published as part of the blog article at www.toptal.com/blog:
-
-- https://www.toptal.com/nodejs/secure-rest-api-in-nodejs
-
-Visit www.toptal.com/blog and subscribe to our newsletter to read great posts
+This sample is published as part of [the corresponding article](https://www.toptal.com/nodejs/secure-rest-api-in-nodejs) at the Toptal Engineering Blog. Visit https://www.toptal.com/developers/blog and subscribe to our newsletter to read great posts!
 
 ## Before using
 
 - Please make sure that you have:
- - node.js installed (https://nodejs.org/)
- - have mongodb installed and running locally (https://www.mongodb.com/)
+ - Node.js installed (https://nodejs.org/)
+ - MongoDB installed and running locally (https://www.mongodb.com/)
    - Using Windows, just open the terminal at where you installed mongo and run `mongod.exe`
- - run npm install in your root project folder
+ - Run `npm install` or `yarn` in your root project folder
+
 ## Usage
 
 To run the project, please use a command line the following:
- - npm start
+ - `npm start`
     - It will run the server at port 3600.
 
 
@@ -35,3 +32,11 @@ If you are familiar to docker and you have docker installed on your machine and
 ### 2020-02-01
 
 I've created a 2020 version of this project using Typescript. If you might be interested on it, please check the following repository: https://github.com/makinhs/expressjs-api-tutorial
+
+### 2020-09-09
+
+- Updated and pruned dependencies.
+- Fixed deprecation warnings.
+- Leveraged `findOneAndUpdate` to simplify PATCH code.
+- Changed default MongoDB server name to `localhost` to simplify first-time setup.
+- Checked that it works with the latest version of Node.js, 14.9.0.
diff --git a/authorization/controllers/authorization.controller.js b/authorization/controllers/authorization.controller.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ exports.login = (req, res) => {
         let hash = crypto.createHmac('sha512', salt).update(refreshId).digest("base64");
         req.body.refreshKey = salt;
         let token = jwt.sign(req.body, jwtSecret);
-        let b = new Buffer(hash);
+        let b = Buffer.from(hash);
         let refresh_token = b.toString('base64');
         res.status(201).send({accessToken: token, refreshToken: refresh_token});
     } catch (err) {

diff --git a/common/middlewares/auth.validation.middleware.js b/common/middlewares/auth.validation.middleware.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ exports.verifyRefreshBodyField = (req, res, next) => {
 };
 
 exports.validRefreshNeeded = (req, res, next) => {
-    let b = new Buffer(req.body.refresh_token, 'base64');
+    let b = Buffer.from(req.body.refresh_token, 'base64');
     let refresh_token = b.toString();
     let hash = crypto.createHmac('sha512', req.jwt.refreshKey).update(req.jwt.userId + secret).digest("base64");
     if (hash === refresh_token) {

diff --git a/common/services/mongoose.service.js b/common/services/mongoose.service.js
@@ -3,19 +3,17 @@ let count = 0;
 
 const options = {
     autoIndex: false, // Don't build indexes
-    reconnectTries: 30, // Retry up to 30 times
-    reconnectInterval: 500, // Reconnect every 500ms
     poolSize: 10, // Maintain up to 10 socket connections
     // If not connected, return errors immediately rather than waiting for reconnect
     bufferMaxEntries: 0,
-    //geting rid off the depreciation errors
+    // all other approaches are now deprecated by MongoDB:
     useNewUrlParser: true,
     useUnifiedTopology: true
 
 };
 const connectWithRetry = () => {
     console.log('MongoDB connection with retry')
-    mongoose.connect("mongodb://mongo:27017/rest-tutorial", options).then(()=>{
+    mongoose.connect("mongodb://localhost:27017/rest-tutorial", options).then(()=>{
         console.log('MongoDB is connected')
     }).catch(err=>{
         console.log('MongoDB connection unsuccessful, retry after 5 seconds. ', ++count);

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ app.use(function (req, res, next) {
     res.header('Access-Control-Expose-Headers', 'Content-Length');
     res.header('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', 'Accept, Authorization, Content-Type, X-Requested-With, Range');
     if (req.method === 'OPTIONS') {
-        return res.send(200);
+        return res.sendStatus(200);
     } else {
         return next();
     }

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -21,11 +21,7 @@
     "body-parser": "1.19.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
-    "moment": "^2.24.0",
-    "moment-timezone": "^0.5.27",
-    "mongoose": "^5.7.9",
-    "uuid": "^3.3.3",
-    "swagger-ui-express": "^4.1.2",
-    "sync-request": "^6.1.0"
+    "mongoose": "^5.10.3",
+    "uuid": "^8.3.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/users/models/users.model.js b/users/models/users.model.js
@@ -59,24 +59,14 @@ exports.list = (perPage, page) => {
 };
 
 exports.patchUser = (id, userData) => {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        User.findById(id, function (err, user) {
-            if (err) reject(err);
-            for (let i in userData) {
-                user[i] = userData[i];
-            }
-            user.save(function (err, updatedUser) {
-                if (err) return reject(err);
-                resolve(updatedUser);
-            });
-        });
-    })
-
+    return User.findOneAndUpdate({
+        _id: id
+    }, userData);
 };
 
 exports.removeById = (userId) => {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        User.remove({_id: userId}, (err) => {
+        User.deleteMany({_id: userId}, (err) => {
             if (err) {
                 reject(err);
             } else {