I have the following model in teamMembers.js:
const { Schema, model } = require('mongoose');
const teamMembersSchema = new Schema({
uid: String,
name: String,
hours: Number
})
const TeamMembers = model('teamMembers', TeamMembersSchema);
module.exports = TeamMembers;
I've created the following endpoints in teamMemberRoute.js:
const TeamMembers = require('./models/teamMembers');
module.exports = (app) => {
app.get('/api/pods/teamMembers/:uid', async (req, res) => {
let teamMember = await TeamMembers.find( {'uid': req.params.uid } );
return res.status(200).send(teamMember);
});
app.get('/api/pods/teamMembers', async (req, res) => {
let teamMembers = await TeamMembers.find();
return res.status(200).send(teamMembers);
});
}
The first endpoint (/api/pods/teamMembers/:uid) works just fine - when I pass a uid it returns documents specific to that uid in the TeamMember collection.
The second endpoint should return all documents from the TeamMember collection since no parameters are passed. However, when the request is executed, only [] is returned. We know for a fact that documents exist in the TeamMember collection, since the first endpoint returns data from that collection based on the uid parameter that is passed.
I'm stumped on this. Any ideas? I don't think there is anything wrong with my model since I am able to execute the first endpoint with no issues.
Express executes code from top to button, and that is the reason for this issue. It will match your first endpoint and assume that uid is null. Just change the order of defined endpoints, like this:
module.exports = (app) => {
app.get('/api/pods/teamMembers', async (req, res) => {
let teamMembers = await TeamMembers.find();
return res.status(200).send(teamMembers);
});
app.get('/api/pods/teamMembers/:uid', async (req, res) => {
let teamMember = await TeamMembers.find( {'uid': req.params.uid } );
return res.status(200).send(teamMember);
});
}