I have encountered an error in my code:
/home/ubuntu/workspace/server.js:43
db.collection('quotes').find().toArray(function(err, results) {
^
TypeError: Cannot read property 'collection' of undefined
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/ubuntu/workspace/server.js:43:3)
at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:441:10)
at startup (node.js:139:18)
at node.js:968:3
Snippet from My Code
const express = require('express');
const bodyParser= require('body-parser')
var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient
const app = express();
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true}))
app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000, process.env.IP || "0.0.0.0", function() {
console.log("Nodejs Dev Server is Up.");
});
app.get('/',function(req,res){
res.sendfile(__dirname + '/index.html')
})
var db
MongoClient.connect('mongodb://admin:<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4d5d0d9dddaf4d0c784858d8c81829ad9d8d5d69atfhvwhlptgjn">[email protected]</a>:19856/star-wars-quote', (err, database) => {
if (err) return console.log(err)
db = database
app.listen(3000, () => {
console.log('listening on 3000')
})
})
app.post('/quotes', (req, res) => {
db.collection('quotes').save(req.body, (err, result) => {
if (err) return console.log(err)
console.log('saved to database')
res.redirect('/')
})
})
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
var cursor = db.collection('quotes').find()
})
db.collection('quotes').find().toArray(function(err, results) {
if (err) return console.log(err)
console.log(results)
// send HTML file populated with quotes here
})