I'm new to using MongoDB. Currently, I am making a web application that requires some data storage. I established an HTTP server on Node.js that runs on localhost:3000. I also built a virtual development environment using Vagrant and VirtualBox. I am accessing the Mongo shell from PuTTy (if that is relevant at all). Before incorporating MongoDB, it worked fine as I was storing the data in the Node.js program memory.
This web app is an online to-do-list. The first error that I am getting is with the get route. The list of "to-do"s that I have inserted into the Mongo database would not appear on the site in localhost. It seems to not be getting the data from the database. The second error that I am getting is with the post route. When I insert a "to-do" through the user interface at localhost and I refresh the page, the to-do-list on localhost gets updated with that particular to-do (but not with the ones I inserted in the database). But, it doesn't seem to add it into the database, and I still get this error on the console:
vagrant@precise32:~/app$ node server.js
{ description: 'descTest3', tags: [ 'tagTest3' ] }
Mongoose: mpromise (mongoose's default promise library) is deprecated, plug in your own promise library instead: http://mongoosejs.com/docs/promises.html
I'm not sure why I got that error since I do not seem to be using any promises.
server.js
var express = require("express"), http = require("http"), app = express(), mongoose = require("mongoose");
app.use(express.static(__dirname + "/client"));
app.use(express.urlencoded());
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/WatNext');//connect to the WatNext data store in mongoDB
var ToDoSchema = mongoose.Schema({
"description": String,
"tags": [ String ] //array of Strings
});
var ToDo = mongoose.model("ToDo", ToDoSchema)
http.createServer(app).listen(3000);
//get and post routes:
app.get("/toDos.json", function (req, res) {
ToDo.find({}, function (err, toDos) {
if (err != null){
console.log(err);
}
res.json(toDos);
});
});
app.post("/todos", function (req, res) {
console.log(req.body);
var addedToDo = new ToDo({"description" : req.body.description, "tags" : req.body.tags});
//save function saves object into the database
addedToDo.save(function (err, result) {
if (err != null){//if there is an error
console.log(err);
res.send("ERROR SAVING");
}
else {
ToDo.find({}, function (err, result) {
if (err != null){//if there is an error in finding
res.send("ERROR FINDING");
}
res.json(result);
});
}
});
});
app.js
var main = function (toDoObjects) {
//do stuff with ToDoObjects including outputting the list of ToDos
};
$(document).ready(function() {
$.getJSON("toDos.json", function(toDoObjects) {
main(toDoObjects);
})
});
mongo shell
> show dbs
WatNext 0.0625GB
local 0.03125GB
> use WatNext
switched to db WatNext
> show collections;
system.indexes
toDoCollection
todos
> db.toDoCollection.find();
{ "_id" : ObjectId("58b38dd8fb355f57162d9cf1"), "description" : "Get groceries and eat afterwards", "tags" : [ "shopping", "chores" ] }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("58b38dd8fb355f57162d9cf2"), "description" : "Make up some new To-Dos", "tags" : [ "writing", "work" ] }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("58b38dd8fb355f57162d9cf3"), "description" : "Prep for Monday's class", "tags" : [ "work", "teaching" ] }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("58b38dd8fb355f57162d9cf4"), "description" : "Answer emails", "tags" : [ "work" ] }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("58b38dd8fb355f57162d9cf5"), "description" : "Take April to the park", "tags" : [ "chores", "pets" ] }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("58b38dd8fb355f57162d9cf6"), "description" : "Finish writing this book", "tags" : [ "writing", "work" ] }
EDIT: I found out it was just an error of naming.
I also found out that
mongoose.Promise = require("bluebird");
solved the problem with the promise error. Remember to install the module first though:
npm install --save bluebird
