Hello, I am relatively new to node.js and express. I am currently working on setting up a mongoose schema to allow users to create characters and store them in the associated collection with that user. I have two schemas in place, one for users and one for characters.
So far, I have experimented with using .populate and pushing into the user array within my character schema. However, I haven't been able to achieve the desired results yet.
Below are my schema definitions and route file for creating a new user and character. I am unsure of how to link the newly created character to its corresponding user without overriding any existing character IDs already stored.
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
const characterSchema = new Schema({
name: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
job: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
race: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
level: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
image: {
type: String,
},
user: [{
type: schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: 'User'
}]
});
const Character = mongoose.model('Character', characterSchema);
module.exports = Character;
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
const userSchema = new Schema({
name: {
type: String,
required: true
},
email: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
password: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
date: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now
}
});
const User = mongoose.model('User', userSchema);
module.exports = User;
router.route('/').get((req, res) => {
User.find()
.then(users => res.json(users))
.catch(err => res.status(400).json("Error" + err))
});
router.route('/:id').get((req, res) => {
User.findById(req.params.id)
.then(user => res.json(user))
.catch(err => res.status(400).json("error" + err))
})
router.route('/character').get((req, res) => {
Character.find()
.then(characters => res.json(characters))
.catch(err => res.status(400).json("error" + err))
})
router.route('/character').post((req, res)=> {
const newCharacter = new Character({
name: req.body.name,
job: req.body.job,
race: req.body.race,
level: req.body.level
})
newCharacter
.save()
.then(character => res.json(character))
.catch(err => res.status(400).json("error" + err));
})