I have set up a database in MongoDB called entertainment with a collection called medias. This collection has JSON data within it.
When I make a call to the DB using Postman: http://localhost:8000/data
I get an empty array returned.
Here is my entire code:
const express = require("express");
const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const app = express();
require("dotenv").config();
const uri = `mongodb+srv://tyrellc:${process.env.MONGO_PASSWORD}@entertainmentapp.jtcf92n.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority`;
async function connect() {
try {
await mongoose.connect(uri);
console.log("Connected to MongoDB");
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
}
mongoose.set("strictQuery", false);
connect();
app.listen(8000, () => {
console.log("Express Server Started port:8000");
});
const collectionSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
_id: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, required: true },
title: { type: String, required: true },
thumbnail: {
trending: {
small: { type: String, required: true },
large: { type: String, required: true },
},
regular: {
small: { type: String, required: true },
medium: { type: String, required: true },
large: { type: String, required: true },
},
},
year: { type: Number, required: true },
category: { type: String, required: true },
rating: { type: String, required: true },
isBookmarked: { type: Boolean, default: false },
isTrending: { type: Boolean, default: true },
});
const Collection = mongoose.model("Collection", collectionSchema, "medias");
app.get("/data", async (req, res) => {
const data = await Collection.find();
res.json(data);
});
When running the app, I get both console logs: Express Server Started port:8000
and Connected to MongoDB
.
This is what my JSON data looks like in MongoDB:
{"_id":{"$oid":"63c733940231fb2f67b5344e"},"title":"Beyond Earth","thumbnail":{"trending":{"small":"./assets/thumbnails/beyond-earth/trending/small.jpg","large":"./assets/thumbnails/beyond-earth/trending/large.jpg"},"regular":{"small":"./assets/thumbnails/beyond-earth/regular/small.jpg","medium":"./assets/thumbnails/beyond-earth/regular/medium.jpg","large":"./assets/thumbnails/beyond-earth/regular/large.jpg"}},"year":{"$numberInt":"2019"},"category":"Movie","rating":"PG","isBookmarked":false,"isTrending":true}
I have looked into pluralization and have tried:
const Collection = mongoose.model("Collection", collectionSchema, "medias");
const Collection = mongoose.model("Collection", collectionSchema, "media");
const Collection = mongoose.model("media", collectionSchema);
const Collection = mongoose.model("medias", collectionSchema);
Nothing seems to do the trick. Does anyone have any idea what I am doing wrong?
2
Answers
According to mongoose documentation,
find()
method accepts parameters: filter type object required, and optional parameters.If you want to retrieve all documents from the model you should pass an empty object
{}
as a filter.You must specify which database to use. You can either do this in your connection string, like this:
Or if you prefer, you can pass it as an option to
mongoose.connect()
, like this: