# Upgrade to v5

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## Upgrade to v5

### Upgrading to v5

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Before upgrading to v5, consider the below **breaking changes**.
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As for any dependency upgrade, it's very important to **test this upgrade** **in your testing environments**. Not doing so could result in your admin panel being unusable.
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To upgrade to v5, simply run:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="SQL" %}

```bash
npm install forest-express-sequelize@^5.0.0
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Mongodb" %}

```bash
npm install forest-express-mongoose@^5.0.0
```

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{% endtabs %}

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In case of a regression introduced in Production after the upgrade, a rollback to your previous agent is the fastest way to restore your admin panel.
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### Breaking changes

#### Smart Actions defined with custom routes

If your Forest Admin configuration contains Smart Actions using POST or PUT method with a custom `endpoint`, you'll have to adapt your Smart Action code.

Here is an example of Smart Action to adapt:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="SQL" %}
{% code title="/forest/companies.js" %}

```javascript
const Liana = require('forest-express-sequelize');

Liana.collection('companies', {
  actions: [
    {
      name: 'Mark as live',
      httpMethod: 'POST',
      endpoint: 'my-custom-route/mark-as-live', // custom route
    },
  ],
});
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Mongodb" %}
{% code title="/forest/companies.js" %}

```javascript
const Liana = require('forest-express-mongoose');

Liana.collection('companies', {
  actions: [
    {
      name: 'Mark as live',
      httpMethod: 'POST',
      endpoint: 'my-custom-route/mark-as-live', // custom route
    },
  ],
});
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="SQL" %}
{% code title="/routes/companies.js" %}

```javascript
const express = require('express');
const router = express.Router();
const Liana = require('forest-express-sequelize');
const models = require('../models');

router.post(
  '/my-custom-route/mark-as-live',
  Liana.ensureAuthenticated,
  (req, res) => {
    let companyId = req.body.data.attributes.ids[0];

    return models.companies
      .update({ status: 'live' }, { where: { id: companyId } })
      .then(() => {
        res.send({ success: 'Company is now live!' });
      });
  }
);

module.exports = router;
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Mongodb" %}
{% code title="/routes/companies.js" %}

```javascript
const express = require('express');
const router = express.Router();
const Liana = require('forest-express-mongoose');
const models = require('../models');

router.post(
  '/my-custom-route/mark-as-live',
  Liana.ensureAuthenticated,
  (req, res) => {
    let companyId = req.body.data.attributes.ids[0];

    return models.companies
      .update({ status: 'live' }, { where: { id: companyId } })
      .then(() => {
        res.send({ success: 'Company is now live!' });
      });
  }
);

module.exports = router;
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

To make sure it doesn't break when you upgrade to v5, you must use the`bodyParser.json()` middleware in the route configuration:

```javascript
router.post('/my-custom-route/mark-as-live', Liana.ensureAuthenticated, bodyParser.json(),
```

The v5-compatible result would look like this:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="SQL" %}
{% code title="/routes/companies.js" %}

```javascript
const express = require('express');
const router = express.Router();
const Liana = require('forest-express-sequelize');
const models = require('../models');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser'); // NOTICE: Require the body-parser dependency.

router.post(
  '/my-custom-route/mark-as-live',
  Liana.ensureAuthenticated,
  bodyParser.json(),
  (req, res) => {
    let companyId = req.body.data.attributes.ids[0];

    return models.companies
      .update({ status: 'live' }, { where: { id: companyId } })
      .then(() => {
        res.send({ success: 'Company is now live!' });
      });
  }
);

module.exports = router;
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Mongodb" %}
{% code title="/routes/companies.js" %}

```javascript
const express = require('express');
const router = express.Router();
const Liana = require('forest-express-mongoose');
const models = require('../models');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser'); // NOTICE: Require the body-parser dependency.

router.post(
  '/my-custom-route/mark-as-live',
  Liana.ensureAuthenticated,
  bodyParser.json(),
  (req, res) => {
    let companyId = req.body.data.attributes.ids[0];

    return models.companies
      .update({ status: 'live' }, { where: { id: companyId } })
      .then(() => {
        res.send({ success: 'Company is now live!' });
      });
  }
);

module.exports = router;
```

{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Important Notice

#### Changelogs

This release note covers only the major changes. To learn more, please refer to the changelogs in our different repositories:

* [Express-sequelize changelog](https://github.com/ForestAdmin/forest-express-sequelize/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#release-500---2019-10-31)
* [Express-mongoose changelog](https://github.com/ForestAdmin/forest-express-mongoose/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#release-500---2019-10-31)


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