Struggling to comprehend how to pass data to my view. Currently integrating the Mozscape node module into an application and unsure of how to send the information to the view. My assumption is that I should create the object in the router, call the function in the view, then utilize Handlebars to iterate through the data?
Below is the code snippet from my router:
// Express
const express = require('express');
// Router for index view
const index = express.Router();
// Mozscapes SEO data
var Mozscape = require('mozscape').Mozscape;
// Accessid and secretid required by Mozscape
// Only one call allowed every 10 seconds with free plan
// Need to add to env file later
var moz = new Mozscape('mozscape-6d6ab44235', '846aca62a6db69661c81b784115e8a9');
// Dummy business data
var business =
{
name: 'Party Corner',
address: '123 Main Street, Red Bank, NJ',
hours: 'Monday through Friday 9 - 5',
website: 'http://www.partycorner.com/',
category: 'Party Supplies',
imgUrl: 'https://scontent.fewr1-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/14361226_10154547117788288_58127422291546970_o.jpg?oh=126b8240a8ac27dfb06b57ed51f4320e&oe=5A5A8FCC'
};
// Middleware to process data for view
var businessSeo;
businessSeo = function (req, res, next) {
req.businessSeo = moz.urlMetrics(business.website, ['page_authority', 'links', 'domain_authority'], function (err, res) {
if (err) {
console.log(err);
return;
}
console.log('Requesting data from Moz');
console.log(res);
return res;
});
};
index.use(businessSeo);
// Logging the data
console.log(businessSeo);
// Use declare router for HTTP methods
// GET request for index with request, response, next parameters
index.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
// Render response from server using index view from declared path in app.js
res.render('index', {
title: "Business Directory",
business: business,
body:
{
description: 'This is a business for the business directory, how neat is that?'
},
mozData: businessSeo
})
});
module.exports = index;
Attempting to log the object on the front end but receiving error that moz is not defined. Considering moving the business object into its own variable (later queried response), placing the function directly in the router, and accessing the business website from there?
Expected output:
Object {pda: 24.123844872381643, uid: 187, upa: 33.43142060578742}