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JavaScript User Authentication With Express and Mongo User Registration Adding Data to the Database

Posted by Edsel Talento
Edsel Talento
16,922 Points

What is the difference between posting data with fetch() and Model.create()?

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/posting-data-with-fetch

1 Answer

Brandon White
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Brandon White
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Brandon White
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Brandon White
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Hi Edsel,

POSTing is just a way to send data in the form of an XMLHttpRequest object so that you can use/manipulate that data on the other end of the request.

Model.create() is a way to build and save a new instance of your model into a database.

Now while Model.create() may use the data sent via the post request, they aren't interchangeable.

Does that help?

Model.create() is a function used to communicate with an ORM.

A POST request doesn't require you to use a database at all.

Edsel Talento
Edsel Talento
16,922 Points

Hi Brandon,

Thank you for your answering my question, it's more clear now.