How to save Data in MongoDB from forms

Question

I have a form. I need to get text from my form to save it in MongoDB.

tweets.ejs:

<form method="post" action="/tweets">
<input type="text" id="txt" name="text"/>
<input type="button" id="btn" value="Touch me">
</form>

Here is my route file tweets.js:

var Message = require('models/messages');
exports.get = function(req,res) {
    res.render('tweets')
};

I use mongoose schema(models/messages.js):

var mongoose = require('../libs/mongoose'),
    Schema = mongoose.Schema;
var MessageSchema = new Schema({
    message: String,
    date: Date
});
var Message = mongoose.model('Message', MessageSchema);
module.exports = Message;

I tried set var m = req.body.text in tweets.js, but I think it's absolutely wrong way

exports.post = function(req,res){
    var m = new Message;
    m.message = req.body.text;
    m.save(); }

Explain me how to do it right please!

did you create /tweets POST route?

Muhammad Ali
– Muhammad Ali

2014-11-15 09:40:08 +00:00
Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 9:40 — Muhammad Ali
– Muhammad Ali, Commented Nov 15, 2014 at 9:40

Muhammad Ali · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-15 10:19:41Z

1

in your routes or app file route should be

var tweets = require("tweets");
app.post("/tweets", tweets.post);

in your tweets.js file

var Message = require('models/messages');
exports.post = function(req,res){
console.log(req.body.text)
var msg = {message:req.body.text,date:new Date()};

Message(msg).save(function(error,data){
if (data){
console.log("Save "+ JSON.stringify(data));
res.send({statud:"OK",msg:data})
}
else{
res.send({statud:"Cancel"})
}
});
}

edited Nov 15, 2014 at 10:19

answered Nov 15, 2014 at 9:46

Muhammad Ali

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2 Comments

Zhi V Over a year ago

Yes! Thank you! I didn't use post in route(I just forgot o_O). Now it saves data, but when I push submit button page can not reload and just freezes. I changed type=button to type=submit

Muhammad Ali Over a year ago

response was not set, now edit and add res.send().. every REQUEST have RESPONSE ..

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