Introduction to Mongoose for Node.js and MongoDB - steps

1. use express generator (see another blog)
2. connection to mongodb
3. add schema
4. add controller
5. use postman to add note (API test)
6. add html to replace postman

package.json

{
  "name": "standup",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node ./bin/www"  },
  "dependencies": {
    "body-parser": "~1.13.2",
    "cookie-parser": "~1.3.5",
    "debug": "~2.2.0",
    "express": "~4.13.1",
    "mongoose": "^4.4.14",
    "morgan": "~1.6.1",
    "serve-favicon": "~2.3.0",
    "swig": "^1.4.2"
  }
}

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 routes = require('./routes/index');
var users = require('./routes/users');

// Mongoose ODM...
var mongoose = require('mongoose');

// Connect to MongoDB...
mongoose.connect('mongodb://demo:standup123@ds052827.mongolab.com:52827/standupmeetingnotes');
var app = express();

var swig = require ('swig');
app.engine('html',swig.renderFile);

// view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'html');

// 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.use('/', routes);
app.use('/users', users);

// catch 404 and forward to error handlerapp.use(function(req, res, next) {
  var err = new Error('Not Found');
  err.status = 404;
  next(err);
});

// error handlers
// development error handler
// will print stacktrace
if (app.get('env') === 'development') {
  app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
    res.status(err.status || 500);
    res.render('error', {
      message: err.message,
      error: err
    });
  });
}

// production error handler// no stacktraces leaked to userapp.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
  res.status(err.status || 500);
  res.render('error', {
    message: err.message,
    error: {}
  });
});


module.exports = app;

routes/index.js

var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
var standupCtrl = require('../controllers/standup.server.controller');

/* GET home page. */
router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
  res.render('index', { title: 'Express' });
});


/* GET New Note page. */
router.get('/newnote', function(req, res) {
  return standupCtrl.getNote(req, res);
});

/* POST New Note page. */
router.post('/newnote', function(req, res) {
  return standupCtrl.create(req, res);
});

module.exports = router;

model/standup.server.model.js

var mongoose = require( 'mongoose' );
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;

var standupSchema = new Schema({
  memberName: String,
  project: String,
  workYesterday: String,
  workToday: String,
  impediment: String,
  createdOn: { type: Date, default: Date.now }
});

module.exports = mongoose.model( 'Standup', standupSchema );

controllers/standup.server.controller.js

var Standup = require("../model/standup.server.model.js");

exports.create = function(req, res) {
  var entry = new Standup({
    memberName: req.body.memberName,
    project: req.body.project,
    workYesterday: req.body.workYesterday,
    workToday: req.body.workToday,
    impediment: req.body.impediment  });

  entry.save();

  // Redirect to the home page...  res.redirect(301, '/');
};

exports.getNote = function(req, res) {
  res.render('newnote', { title: 'Standup - New Note' });
};