console.logging data from MongoDB

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I am still trying to comprehend Mongoose/Mongo

Now in terminal When I do something like this in terminal

use library 
show collections 
db.authors.find().pretty()

I get something like this in logged

{
    "_id" : ObjectId("5bc8704f3a9828d5513505a2"),
    "name" : "Aman",
    "age" : "21",
    "__v" : 0
}
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("5bc870553a9828d5513505a3"),
    "name" : "Rohit",
    "age" : "20",
    "__v" : 0
}


{
        "_id" : ObjectId("5bc8704f3a9828d5513505a7"),
        "name" : "Aman",
        "age" : "21",
        "__v" : 0
    }
    {
        "_id" : ObjectId("5bc870553a9828d5513505a5"),
        "name" : "Rohit",
        "age" : "20",
        "__v" : 0
    }

Now, I want to have same data in my NodeJs i.e say, I want to find wherever the name is Rohit and want to link it with with some other db or schema.

how can I get the same output which I just obtained by running the above given command in terminal window of mongo in NodeJS

Obviously doing something like this console.log(db.authors.find()) won't work, so how can I get that?

Sashi · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-18 15:00:11Z

This is how I usually write my database queries.

First create a schema that your model will follow. Don't worry this schema is flexible and you can change it at any time without affecting old data.

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

var authorSchema = new Schema({
  name: {
    type: String,
    required: true
  },
  age: {
    type: Number,
    default: 20
  }
});

Next create a model from your schema.

var authorModel = mongoose.model('authorModel', authorSchema);

Lastly query your model and get the value you need

authorModel.find(
        {
          name: 'Rohit'
        },
        function (err, result) {
          console.log(result)
         });

I put my schema and controller on separate files. How you organise your code structure is up to you.

I pretty much followed this blog when I first learnt to build APIs on NodeJS. You might find this useful as well!

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