Why is couchdb login good but couchdb session empty, using vuejs and pouchdb - vue.js

Question

Using Vusjs, pouchdb-browser, CouchDB, pouchdb-authentication
I want to check if a session is open to use for offline stay logged in.
When I login with db.logIn from pouchdb-authentication:
response: {ok: true, name: "01HAYJ", roles: Array(1)}
When I run "getSession" i get userCtx.name as null
session response:
info:
authentication_handlers: Array(2)
0: "cookie"
1: "default"
length: 2
__proto__: Array(0)
__proto__: Object
ok: true
userCtx:
name: null
roles: Array(0)
Here is a snippet of my action:
setUser({commit, dispatch},payload){
console.log('store action payload: ', payload);
var user = payload.user;
var pass = payload.pass
db.logIn(user, pass , function (err, response) {
if (err) {
if (err.name === 'unauthorized' || err.name === 'forbidden') {
alert("Login failed, check user or password!")
} else {
}
}
}).then(function (response) {
// handle response
console.log('response: ', response);
db.getSession(function (err, response) {
if (err) {
// network error
console.log('session error: ', error);
} else if (!response.userCtx.name) {
// nobody's logged in
console.log('nobody is logged in' );
} else {
// response.userCtx.name is the current user
console.log('response.userCtx.name: ', response.userCtx.name );
commit('setUser', response.userCtx.name)
router.push({ name: 'dashboard'})
}
});
commit('setUser', payload.user)
}).catch(function (error) {
// handle error
console.log('error: ', error);
dispatch('logOut');
});
}

Answer 1

There is a mix of callbacks and promises in your code. It is possible that db.login is not completing before the db.session call. I am not sure from the snippet if the "then" is part of another Promise, but here is how I would structure the call:
setUser({commit, dispatch},payload){
console.log('store action payload: ', payload);
var user = payload.user;
var pass = payload.pass
db.logIn(user, pass).then(function (response) {
// handle response
console.log('response: ', response);
return db.getSession();
}).then(response) {
//check user details from the session response here
commit('setUser', payload.user)
}).catch(function (error) {
// handle error
console.log('error: ', error);
dispatch('logOut');
});
}
(this is an example - there may be typos!)