Delete MongoDB document from Express, Node.js app

Question

My index.jade file(my button which the users clicks to delete the document) is:

a(href="/delete/#{booking.id}") Delete

So far in my index.js file is:

router.get('/delete/:id', function (req, res) {
  Booking.findOneAndDelete({ id: req.params.id }).remove().exec();
});

I also, tried:

router.get('/delete/:id', function (req, res) {
  Booking.findById(id, function (err, doc) {
  if (err) {
    message.type = 'Error!';
  }
  doc.remove(callback); //Removes the document
  });

Neither are working, I just get the url with the ID:

localhost:3000/delete/54d49430b08883dc2fc8bb0d

Simon Staton · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-06 12:08:58Z

3

You need to execute before you can remove, you should also be performing a delete request and not a .get(). Try this:

router.delete('/delete/:id', function (req, res) {
    Booking.findById(req.params.id)
        .exec(function(err, doc) {
            if (err || !doc) {
                res.statusCode = 404;
                res.send({});
            } else {
                doc.remove(function(err) {
                    if (err) {
                        res.statusCode = 403;
                        res.send(err);
                    } else {
                        res.send({});
                    }
                });
            }
        });
});

answered Feb 6, 2015 at 12:08

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2 Comments

pourmesomecode Over a year ago

I tried this, I'm still getting the url change but it isn't delete document out of the database

Simon Staton Over a year ago

Is that id the valid id? Can you look in your network tab and see what response it's giving? Also add some console.log()'s in this delete method to see if doc is there.

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