extraneous hidden authorid in deletion POST method

[Tech-Risk-Chris]

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Extensions/Server-side/Express_Nodejs/forms/Delete_author_form

What specific section or headline is this issue about?

PUG View and Controller-post route

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

The code in author_delete_post() switches from using req.params.id in the book-list analysis to using req.body.authorid in the final deletion step, but that's unnecessary, due to the way the URL is constructed.

GET /catalog/author/682dc761c51f74371620d3b6 200 26.154 ms - 1694
GET /stylesheets/style.css 304 2.096 ms - -
GET /catalog/author/682dc761c51f74371620d3b6/delete 200 21.471 ms - 1694
GET /stylesheets/style.css 304 0.540 ms - -
POST /catalog/author/682dc761c51f74371620d3b6/delete 302 11.400 ms - 45
GET /catalog/authors 304 18.164 ms - -

in fact the entire hidden parameter in the author_delete.pug form seems unnecessary. Perhaps an artifact from a previous version?

What did you expect to see?

In the PUG view, I expected

    form(method='POST')
      button.btn.btn-primary(type='submit') Delete

and in the authors controller implementation of author_delete_post,

    // Author has no books. Delete object and redirect to the list of authors.
    await Author.findByIdAndDelete(req.params.id);
    res.redirect("/catalog/authors");

Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?

no

Do you have anything more you want to share?

no

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• Folder: en-us/learn_web_development/extensions/server-side/express_nodejs/forms/delete_author_form
• MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn_web_development/Extensions/Server-side/Express_Nodejs/forms/Delete_author_form
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• Document last modified: 2025-04-11T19:13:37.000Z