Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@chrisdel101
Last active April 6, 2017 16:16
Show Gist options
  • Save chrisdel101/a48b30b4b3d68f70b4a1f191f2c6f421 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save chrisdel101/a48b30b4b3d68f70b4a1f191f2c6f421 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Mongoose Tutorial - Problem- books not defined
Hitting books route gives back ReferenceError: Book is not defined
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 mongoose = require('mongoose');
var db = 'mongodb://localhost:27017/example'
mongoose.connect(db);
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: false }));
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.get('/',(req,res) =>{
res.send("TEST")
})
app.get('/books',(req,res) => {
console.log("getting all books")
Book.find({})
.exec(function(err, books){
if (err){
res.send("Error " + err)
} else {
console.log(books)
res.json(books)
}
})
})
// 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;
Book.js
var mongoose = require(mongoose),
Schema = mongoose.Schema;
var BookSchema = new Schema({
title:String,
author:String,
catrgory:String
})
module.exports = mongoose.model('Book', BookSchema)
Mongo shell
example 26 >db.Books.find().pretty()
{
"_id" : ObjectId("58e66337d5ba20d9ee81e23f"),
"name" : "Good Book",
"author" : "GOD",
"category" : "Biblical"
}
{
"_id" : ObjectId("58e66338d5ba20d9ee81e240"),
"name" : "Girly",
"author" : "Suzie Q",
"category" : "for women"
}
example 27 >db
example
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment