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JavaScript User Authentication With Express and Mongo Sessions and Cookies Working with Sessions in Express

Posted by Krystal Jackson
Krystal Jackson
8,598 Points

Quick question about using data from mongo in a webpage.

Say a had a list of games with their date and location and I wanted to display that information as a table on a webpage. How can I access the information from my mongo database so I can use it on my webpage?

Also I tried to go to the documentation but there are many categories to click and I think I'm clicking the wrong one. If you know which section I should click that would help as well.

2 Answers

Oliver Statt
Oliver Statt
5,175 Points
Oliver Statt
Oliver Statt
5,175 Points

use the mongoose .find() method: Game.find({}, {date: true, location: true, _id: false}, (err, documents) => { // documents contains ur data res.render('renderpage', {games: documents}); // something like that, then use pug to make table with it // you could also save the data somewhere on the req object, e.g.: req.params.gameData = documents. // and then call next() and use the data later. (depending on where in ur program u use the .find method, maybe u have next and req. });

Erika Suzuki
Erika Suzuki
20,299 Points
Erika Suzuki
Erika Suzuki
20,299 Points

I believe if you watch the next videos, it will be thought to use. The whole CRUD stuff.