I'm facing an issue with retrieving data from MongoDB using the find() method. Even though there is data in the collection, I'm getting no results. I'm unable to identify the cause of this problem, can someone assist me?
Here's the expected result: { error: false, message: [ ] }
This project has the following Dependencies:
"dependencies": {
"body-parser": "^1.19.0",
"express": "^4.17.1",
"express-handlebars": "^3.1.0",
"mongoose": "^5.8.3",
"nodemon": "^2.0.2"
}
server.js
require('./models/db');
const express = require('express');
const loController = require('./controllers/loController');
var app = express();
app.listen(3000, () => {
console.log('I am Listening ... ');
});
app.use('/lomanager', loController);
db.js
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/LOManager', { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true }, (error) => {
if (!error) console.log('mongoose connection success');
else console.log("error with mongo connnect" + error);
});
require('./lo.model');
lo.model.js
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
var loSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
_id: Number,
name: String,
email: String
});
module.exports = mongoose.model('LO', loSchema);
loController.js
const express = require('express');
var loSchema = require('../models/lo.model');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var router = express.Router();
router.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.json('hello from lo Controller');
});
router.get('/list', (req, res) => {
var result = {};
loSchema.find({}, (err, data) => {
if (err) {
result = { "error": true, "message": "error in the find" }
} else {
result = { "error": false, "message": data };
}
res.json(result);
});
});
module.exports = router;