[MEAN Stack] First API -- 3. Select by ID with Mongoose and Express
Mongoose allows you to easily select resources by ID from your MongoDB. This is an important aspect to creating an API.
Server.js
'use strict'; var expres = require('express'); var mongoose = require('mongoose'); mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/simple'); var cors = require("cors"); var personSchema = { firstName:String, lastName:String, email:String }; //create a person model, and rename db as people var Person = mongoose.model('Person', personSchema); var app = expres(); app.use(cors()); app.get('/people', function(request, response){ Person.find().select("firstName").exec(function(err, data) { response.json(200, data); }) }); app.get('/people/:id', function(request, response){ Person.findById(request.params.id, function(err, data) { response.send(data); }); }); app.listen(3000);
app.js:
/** * Created by Answer1215 on 12/9/2014. */ 'use strict'; function MainCtrl(PeopleService) { var vm = this; vm.people = []; vm.selectedPerson = {}; vm.getPeople = PeopleService.getPeople().then(function(response) { vm.people = response.data; }); vm.selectPerson = function(person) { PeopleService.getSelectedPerson(person).then(function(response) { vm.selectedPerson = response.data; vm.selectedPerson.fullName = response.data.firstName + " " + response.data.lastName; }); } } function PeopleService($http) { var PeopleService = {}; PeopleService.getPeople = function() { return $http.get('http://localhost:3000/people'); } PeopleService.getSelectedPerson = function(person) { return $http.get('http://localhost:3000/people/'+person._id); } return PeopleService; } angular.module('app',[]) .controller('MainCtrl', MainCtrl) .service('PeopleService', PeopleService);
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head lang="en"> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title></title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css"/> </head> <body ng-app="app"> <div class="row" ng-controller="MainCtrl as vm"> <div class="col-xs-4"> <ul> <li ng-repeat="person in vm.people" ng-click="vm.selectPerson(person)">{{person.firstName}}</li> </ul> </div> <div class="col-xs-6"> <h2>{{vm.selectedPerson.fullName}}</h2> <span>{{vm.selectedPerson.email}}</span> </div> </div> <script src="bower_components/angular/angular.min.js"></script> <script src="app.js"></script> </body> </html>