Spring Boot MongoDB findTop5 returns empty array - mongodb

Question

I am using Spring Boot and MongoDB for a personal project to create a movie and video game database. I have methods that retrieve the latest five entries of each category. When I was testing on a local Tomcat and MongoDB server, the methods work as expected. However, when I deploy to a tomcat server and connect to a MongoDB server, the methods that retrieve the latest five entries always return an empty array. here is the code:
Repository:
public interface MovieRepository extends MongoRepository<Movies, String>{
public List<Movies> findAllByOrderByTitleAsc(Pageable pageable);
#Query("{'title': {$regex: ?0, $options: 'i'}}")
public List<Movies> findByTitle(String title);
public List<Movies> findTop5ByCreatedAtLessThan(String currentDate);
public Movies findMovieById(String id);
public List<Movies> findByPlatformsIn(List<String> platforms);
}
Controller:
#RestController
#RequestMapping("/api")
public class MovieController {
#Autowired
private MovieRepository movieRepository;
#Autowired
private MapValidationErrorService mapValidationErrorService;
#Autowired
private CurrentDateService currentDateService;
#GetMapping("/movies")
public List<Movies> findAllMovies(#RequestParam(value="page", defaultValue="0")int page) {
return movieRepository.findAllByOrderByTitleAsc(PageRequest.of(page, 20));
}
#GetMapping("/movies/{movieId}")
public Movies findMovieById(#PathVariable("movieId") String movieId) {
return movieRepository.findMovieById(movieId);
}
#PostMapping("/movies")
public ResponseEntity<?> saveMovie(#Valid #RequestBody Movies movie, BindingResult result) {
ResponseEntity<?> errorMap = mapValidationErrorService.mapvalidationService(result);
if (errorMap != null) return errorMap;
movie.setId(null);
Movies newMovie = movieRepository.save(movie);
return new ResponseEntity<Movies>(newMovie, HttpStatus.OK);
}
#PutMapping("/movies")
public ResponseEntity<?> updateMovie(#Valid #RequestBody Movies movie, BindingResult result) {
ResponseEntity<?> errorMap = mapValidationErrorService.mapvalidationService(result);
if (errorMap != null) return errorMap;
Movies updatedMovie = movieRepository.save(movie);
return new ResponseEntity<Movies>(updatedMovie, HttpStatus.OK);
}
#DeleteMapping("/movies/{movieId}")
public void deleteMovieById(#PathVariable("movieId") String movieId) {
movieRepository.deleteById(movieId);
}
#GetMapping("/moviePlatforms")
public List<Movies> findMoviesByPlatforms(#RequestParam(value="platform") List<String>platforms) {
return movieRepository.findByPlatformsIn(platforms);
}
#GetMapping("/newFiveMovies")
public List<Movies> findTop5ByCreatedAt() {
String currentDate = currentDateService.getCurrentDate();
return movieRepository.findByCreatedAt(currentDate);
}
}
I have changed the find top 5 methods to use the #Query annotation, but it yields the same results. All the other methods in the controller and repository work as expected. I have tried using MongoDB on a Mac, and also on MongoDB Atlas. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I figured out that the date I was sending as a parameter was formatted wrong. The date was being stored as "M/d/yy h:mm a", but I was sending "M/dd/yyyy hh:mm a".