I have a node.js website that i build with this tutorial: https://scotch.io/tutorials/easy-node-authentication-setup-and-local
now i want in one of my views to print/display all users data.
in routes.js:
var User = require('../app/models/user'); //the connection to users database
app.get('/profile', isLoggedIn, function (req, res) {
res.render('profile.ejs', {
Users: User // get the user out of session and pass to template
});
});
and this is in my profile.ejs file:
<ul>
<% Users.forEach( function(err, user) { %>
<li><%= user %> </li>
<% }); %>
i get an error: "undefined is not a function" because of the <% Users.forEach( function(err, user) { %> line
what am i doing wrong?
You need to actually query the user collection via the model's find() query function which will return an array of user documents when executed, i.e.
var User = require('../app/models/user'); //the connection to users database
app.get('/profile', isLoggedIn, function (req, res) {
User.find({}).exec(function(err, users) {
if (err) throw err;
res.render('profile.ejs', { "users": users });
}
});
then render the list of user documents in your profile.ejs as:
<% users.forEach(function (user) { %>
<li>
<h1><%= user.name %></h1>
</li>
<% }) %>