get users for sidebar

backend/controllers/user.controller.js

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import User from "../models/user.model.js";
+
+export const getUsersForSidebar = async (req, res) => {
+  try {
+    const loggedInUserId = req.user._id;
+
+    const filteredUsers = await User.find({
+      _id: { $ne: loggedInUserId },
+    }).select("-password");
+
+    res.status(200).json(filteredUsers);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.log("error in getUsersForSidebar controller", error.message);
+    res.status(500).json({ error: "Internal server error" });
+  }
+};

backend/routes/user.routes.js

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import express from "express";
+import protectRoute from "../middleware/protectRoute.js";
+import { getUsersForSidebar } from "../controllers/user.controller.js";
+
+const router = express.Router();
+
+router.get("/", protectRoute, getUsersForSidebar);
+
+export default router;

backend/server.js

@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ import express from "express";
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
 import cookieParser from "cookie-parser";
 
-// file imports
+// routes imports
 import authRoutes from "./routes/auth.routes.js";
 import messageRoutes from "./routes/message.routes.js";
+import userRoutes from "./routes/user.routes.js";
+
 import connectToMongoDB from "./db/connectToMongoDB.js";
 
 const app = express();
@@ -14,11 +16,13 @@ const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3000;
 dotenv.config();
 
 // middleware
+// cookieParser 要在express.json之前使用！！！！否则protectRoute那里无法拿到cookie
 app.use(cookieParser());
 app.use(express.json()); // for parsing application/json (from req.body)
 
 app.use("/api/auth", authRoutes);
 app.use("/api/messages", messageRoutes);
+app.use("/api/users", userRoutes);
 
 // app.get("/", (req, res) => {
 //   // root route http://localhost:3000