I've developed an express.js server for managing REST API requests and extracting data from a MongoDB database. However, I'm encountering an issue with the promise chain when I send a GET request to a specific endpoint ("localhost:8081/api/getUserData"), and I'm struggling to comprehend the error message.
Here's the error that pops up: "[TypeError: Cannot read property 'db' of undefined]"
var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var rp = require("request-promise");
var cors = require('cors');
// Implement CORS before defining any routes
app.use(cors({ origin: '*' }));
/********************** REST API FUNCTIONS **********************/
app.get('/api/getUserData', function (req, res, next) {
var context = {};
console.log("in api getUserData")
context.db_url = 'mongodb://localhost:27017/test';
establishDatabaseConnection(context)
.then(retrieveAllUserLocations)
.then(closeDatabaseConnection)
.then(function (context) {
res.send(context.userLocations)
})
.catch(function (error) {
console.log("ERROR :");
console.log(error);
})
})
/********************** END REST API FUNCTIONS **********************/
function retrieveAllUserLocations(context) {
context.db.collection("test").find().toArray().then(function (err, result) {
console.log("Received from db: " + result.length + " objects");
context.userLocations = result;
return context;
});
}
function establishDatabaseConnection(context) {
console.log("Opening DB connection...");
return MongoClient.connect(context.db_url)
.then(function (db) {
console.log("DB connection opened.");
context.db = db;
return context;
})
}
function closeDatabaseConnection(context) {
console.log("Closing DB connection");
return context.db.close()
.then(function () {
console.log("DB connection closed");
return context;
})
}
/********************** STARTING SERVER **********************/
var server = app.listen(8081, function () {
var host = server.address().address
var port = server.address().port
console.log("Githex server listening at http://%s:%s", host, port)
})
I would greatly appreciate any assistance, particularly with an explanation as to where I may have gone wrong.
Thank you!