I am trying to create an add to cart button which fetches the data from product database using the id of specific product which I selected. I am trying to push the object found using the same Id into a normal javascript array and then to display it using ejs methods. While I was tring I found I am unable to push the data in object form.
Summary:
On 7th line I have declared an array and in that array I want to store some objects which I have fetched frome a db model. On 15th line I am trying to push the object form into my array so that I could iterate through the objects to display them on my page using ejs. But I am unable to do that.
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Code:
app.get("/cart", (req, res) => {
if (req.isAuthenticated()) {
const findcartdata = req.user.username;
userData.findOne({email: findcartdata}, (err, BookId) => {
// console.log(BookId.cartItemId);
const idArray = BookId.cartItemId;
var bookArray = [];
idArray.forEach((data) => {
productData.findOne({_id: data}, (err, foundBookData) =>{
// console.log(foundBookData);
if(err){
console.log(err);
}
else{
bookArray.push(foundBookData);
}
})
});
console.log(bookArray);
// res.render("cart", {
// cartBookArray: BookId.cartItemId
// })
});
} else {
res.redirect("/login");
}
})In above code i found the user's email using passport authentication user method and using that email I wanted to add the products in a different javascript array (which I am goint to pass to my ejs file of cart and then iterate it on list) using those array of Id which I got from another model called userData. The problem is I am able to find userData of each Id but unable to store them as an array of objects.
Looks like a timing issue, your code completes before the database downloads the objects and pushes them to your array.
This should fix your issue:
// ...
const idArray = BookId.cartItemId;
var bookArray = [];
for (const data of idArray) {
const foundBookData = await productData.findOne({_id: data}).catch(console.error);
if (!foundBookData) continue;
bookArray.push(foundBookData);
}
console.log(bookArray);
// ...
By the way, make sure to make the whole function asynchronous as well, which would be done by changing this line:
userData.findOne({email: findcartdata}, async (err, BookId) => { // ...