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the code below is pretty messy so don't judge too much! I am trying to POST a basic user profile into my database, i don't think i am far off but i keep getting a 404.
im pretty knew to all of these technologies so could somebody please enlighten me as to what i have done wrong.
node.js POST method
var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
var mongo = require('mongodb');
var assert = require('assert');
var url = 'mongodb://localhost:27017/local';
/* GET home page. */
router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
res.render('signIn', { title: 'signIn' });
});
router.get('/getData', function(req, res, next){
mongo.connect(url, function (err, db) {
assert.equal(null, error);
var cursor = db.collection('userData').find();
cursor.forEach(function(doc, err){
assert.equal(null, err);
resultArray.push(doc);
}, function() {
db.close();
res.render('index', {items: resultArray});
} );
});
});
router.post ('/insert', function(req,res,next) {
var item = {
email: req.body.email,
firstName: req.body.firstName,
lastName: req.body.lastName,
password: req.body.password
};
mongo.connect(url, function (err, db) {
assert.equal(null, err);
db.collection('userData').insertOne(item, function (err, result) {
assert.equal(null, err);
console.log('item has been inserted');
db.close;
});
});
res.redirect('/');
});
module.exports = router;
form HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>SignIn Page</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/stylesheets/signIn.css"/>
</head>
<body>
<div class="background">
<div class="loginFormWrapper">
<form action="/users/submit" method="POST">
<div class="loginForm">
<label for="firstName">First name:</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="firstName" name="firstName" placeholder="first name">
<label for="lastName">Last name:</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="lastName" name="lastName" placeholder="last name">
<label for="email">Email address:</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" name="email" id="email" placeholder="email">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="pwd">Password:</label>
<input type="password" class="form-control" name="password" id="password" placeholder="password">
</div>
<div class="checkbox">
<label><input type="checkbox"> Remember me</label>
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Submit</button>
</form>
<form action="users" method="GET">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">get result</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
App.js
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var validate = require('form-validate');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var index = require('./routes/index');
var users = require('./routes/users');
var About = require('./routes/about');
var signIn = require('./routes/signIn');
var contact = require('./routes/contact');
var app = express();
// view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
// uncomment after placing your favicon in /public
//app.use(favicon(path.join(__dirname, 'public', 'favicon.ico')));
app.use(logger('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.use('/', index);
app.use('/users', users);
app.use('/About', About);
app.use('/signIn', signIn);
// app.use('/contact', contact);
//catch 404 and forward to error handler
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
var err = new Error('Not Found');
err.status = 404;
next(err);
});
// error handler
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
// set locals, only providing error in development
res.locals.message = err.message;
res.locals.error = req.app.get('env') === 'development' ? err : {};
// render the error page
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error');
});
module.exports = app;
user.js
var express = require('express');
var app = require("mongoose");
var router = express.Router();
/* GET users listing. */
router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
res.send('respond with a resource');
});
module.exports = router;
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A quick reminder, the post() method just gets the data from the <form> you specify. For you to be able to get that data you'd have to do something like this.
app.js
const express = require('express)
const mongoose = require('mongoose)
var app = express()
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:"yourPortHere"/"mongoDBhere"')
Now post needs the body parser in order to be able to retrieve the data and sort of "translate it" to JS, for that you need the body parser.
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: false})) //Post Body Parser
Now let's get to the post
app.post("/action", (req, res) => {
var userData = {
username: req.body.username,
password: req.body.password
}
For the moment userData is going to hold the data you just retrieved from the <form>
Remember that action="/YourActionHere is the identifier for the app.post("/YourActionHere") so those two have to match, otherwise you will not get the data.
To save it to MongoDB you first need to create a model of the object you want to store, if MongoDB has a Database named movies with a directory named films on it you first have to create a Model named film since mongoose will save it in the directory films (<- By directory I mean collection)
So: in folder Models you create a model of the object
const mongoose = require('mongoose')
const Schema = mongoose.Schema
var film = new Schema({
title: String,
year: String,
director: String
})
module.exports = mongoose.model("movie", movieSchema)
To be able to use that new Schema you have to import it in you app.js with
var Film = require('pathToFilmSchema')
Now in your post you will save userData to that Schema, and mongoose will store it in the collection specified in its .js.
app.post("/action", (req, res) => {
var userData = {
title: req.body."name",
year: req.body."name",
director: req.body.""
}
new Film(userData)
})
If the structure is the same de Data in that variable will be stored in a Schema, then you just have to call the method .save(), which you can call right after like this
newFil(userData)
.save()
Now mongoose will store a new object with film Schema into the database you have connected at the top. Keep in mind that, if you don't have a collection named film mongoDB will create one collection named films (the plural, always) and store the Schema there.
After saving you can res.redirect() to "/" or render another page, that's up to you.
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