mongoose equivalent to a mongoDB query

Question

I'm following a simple tutorial .

Thing is, I'm using momngoose instead of Mongo. I had no problems until I get to this point:

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  db.collection('quotes').find().toArray((err, result) => {
    if (err) return console.log(err)
    // renders index.ejs
    res.render('index.ejs', {quotes: result})
  })
})

With this, the quotes can be accessed and manipulates on index.ejs

now, I tried doing this:

  app.get('/theroute', (req, res) => {
    MyMongoModel.find()
    .then(documents => {
      res.render('index.ejs', *not entirely sure on what to put here*)
    })
  });

but when I tried to use the documents on the index.ejs page, I got a "not defined" result.

And that's it. No sure on how to google this or what should I do.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Try the following:

MyMongoModel.find({}, (err, foundQuotes) => {
    if(err) return console.log(err);
    res.render('index.ejs', {quotes: foundQuotes});
}

The first argument passed into find() , the {} , will retrieve all database entries matching the particular model, and passes that collection into the callback function ( find() 's second argument), as foundQuotes .

In the callback function, index.ejs is rendered (if there are no errors) and foundQuotes is assigned to a variable called quotes . quotes will then be accessible in your index.ejs file.