I want to update the articles attribute by adding the titles of different articles. The function in my user.controller.js file looks like this:
module.exports.savearticle = (req, res, next) => {
User.findOneAndUpdate(
req._id,
{
$addToSet: { articles: req.body.articles }
},
{
new: true
},
function(err, savedArticle) {
if (err) {
res.send("Error saving article");
} else {
res.json(savedArticle);
}
}
);
};
I have a separate router page, index.router.js, where all my routers are defined, including the route for this function:
router.post("/savearticle", ctrlUser.savearticle);
I am testing the function using Postman. I set a key to articles and the value to article1 in form-data. However, the response I get is:
{
"articles": [
null
]
}
console.log(req.body.articles), it shows undefined. Why is that happening instead of showing article1?
This is the schema I'm creating in my user.model.js page:
var userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
fullName: {
type: String,
required: "Full name cannot be empty"
},
email: {
type: String,
required: "Email cannot be empty",
unique: true
},
password: {
type: String,
required: "Password cannot be empty",
minlength: [4, "Password must be at least 6 characters"]
},
saltSecret: String,
articles: Array
});
And here is the user registration function in the user.controller.js file:
module.exports.register = (req, res, next) => {
var user = new User();
user.fullName = req.body.fullName;
user.email = req.body.email;
user.password = req.body.password;
user.articles = [];
user.save((err, doc) => {
if (!err) {
res.send(doc);
} else {
if (err.code == 11000) {
res.status(422).send(["Duplicate email address found."]);
} else return next(err);
}
});
};