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server.js
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const express = require('express')
const mongoose = require('mongoose')
const articleRouter = require('./routes/articles')
const Article = require('./models/article')
const methodOverride = require('method-override')
const app = express()
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/blog1', {
useNewUrlParser: true,
useUnifiedTopology: true,
useFindAndModify: false, // these are all shown in the console to put in here
useCreateIndex: true
})
// set() have predetermined effects that are described in the Express doc and work like configuration options whereas app.use() registers a middleware callback that will be part of the request handler chain for incoming http requests.
app.set('view engine', 'ejs')
// this is to access the data from web form. if not included then req.body will return undefined
// what this esssentially is saying that we can actually access all of the different parameters from our article form inside of our article route in ./routes/articles.js by just accessing req.body, for title req.body.title
// this has to be above articles route
app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: false }))
// we can only access GET and POST request from the form so inorder to access PATCH or DELETE we have to use third pary package method-overirde
app.use(methodOverride('_method'))
app.get('/', async (req, res) => {
// fins all the articles in db
const articles = await Article.find().sort({ createdAt: 'desc' })
res.render('articles/index', {
articles
})
})
// setting routes for articles. ie if the url begins with /articles then articleRouter will handle the request for it
app.use('/articles', articleRouter)
app.listen(3000)