Having resolved previous issues, my focus now is on populating the user document with posts. Here is the current structure of the user document:
{
"posts": [],
"_id": "5e75cf827ef14514f69c6714",
"username": "dio",
"email": "<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aecac7c19f9c9deec9c3cfc7c280cdc1c3">[email protected]</a>",
"password": "$2b$10$fwV.KaZG.5tjtmMxQ9NNE.7.XAh6pzLFgf85z9BpPVOgFguR2inGO",
"createdAt": "2020-03-21T08:25:38.459Z",
"updatedAt": "2020-03-21T08:25:38.459Z",
"__v": 0
}
To achieve this, I made some modifications while creating a new post for future population purposes.
newPost: (req, res) => {
const data = {
title: req.body.title,
content: req.body.content,
user: req.user.userId
}
Post.create(data, (err, newPost) => {
console.log(data, "data")
if (err) {
return res.status(500).json({ error: err })
} else if (!newPost) {
return res.status(400).json({ message: "No Post found" })
} else if (newPost) {
User.findById(req.user.userId, (err, user) => {
user.Posts = user.Posts.concat(newPost._id)
return res.status(200).json({ newPost, user })
})
}
})
}
However, when retrieving user information after these changes, it shows:
{
posts: [ 5e75d89fa048e321f704453b ],
_id: 5e75cf827ef14514f69c6714,
username: 'dio',
email: '<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fd999492cccfcebd9a909c9491d39e9290">[email protected]</a>',
password: '$2b$10$fwV.KaZG.5tjtmMxQ9NNE.7.XAh6pzLFgf85z9BpPVOgFguR2inGO',
createdAt: 2020-03-21T08:25:38.459Z,
updatedAt: 2020-03-21T08:25:38.459Z,
__v: 0
}
The issue arises when creating multiple posts as only the latest post ID gets added to the array instead of retaining all created post IDs. How can I ensure that all post IDs are remembered?
In addition, I am looking to retrieve the user's posts:
getUserPosts: async (req, res) => {
try {
const user = await User.findById(req.params.id).populate("posts");
if (!user) {
return res.status(400).json({ error: "No user" });
}
return res.status(200).json({ userPosts: user.posts });
} catch (err) {
return res.status(500).json({ error: "Server error" });
}
}
As the user document in the database has an empty posts array, I am unable to populate it. Any assistance would be appreciated.