REST Routes with mongoose and express - mongodb

Question

When I try to add a review to my product from the front-end I am getting a 404 error for PUT http://localhost:3000/products. But I am to add/update data using the following curl command using my routes:
curl --data "name=Product 1&description=Product 1 Description&shine=10&price=29.95&rarity=200&color=blue&faces=3" http://localhost:3000/products
My products router
// This handles retrieving of products
// Includes Express
var express = require('express');
// Initialize the router
var router = express.Router();
var moment = require('moment');
var _ = require('underscore');
var color = require('cli-color');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Product = mongoose.model('Product');
var Review = mongoose.model('Review');
// Route middleware
router.use(function(req, res, next) {
console.log("Something is happening in products!!");
next();
});
// GET route for all Products
router.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
Product.find( function (err, products) {
if (err) {
return next(err);
}
res.json(products);
});
});
// POST route for adding a Product
router.post('/', function (req, res, next) {
var product = new Product (req.body);
product.save( function (err, post) {
if(err) {
return next(err);
}
res.json(product);
});
});
// Pre-loading product object
router.param('product', function (req, res, next, id) {
var query = Product.findById(id);
query.exec( function (err, product) {
if (err) {
return next(err);
}
if(!product) {
return next(new Error('can\'t find product'));
}
req.product = product;
return next();
})
});
// GET route for retrieving a single product
router.get('/:product', function (req, res) {
req.product.populate('reviews', function (err, product) {
if (err) {
return next(err);
}
res.json(req.product);
});
});
// POST route for creating a review
router.post('/:product:reviews', function (req, res, next) {
var review = new Review(req.body);
review.product = req.product;
review.save( function (err, review){
if (err) {
return next(err);
}
req.product.reviews.push(review);
req.product.save( function (err, review) {
if (err) {
return next(err);
}
res.json(review);
});
});
});
This code is taken from a tutorial on thinkster for [MEAN stackl2
Original Post
I am having trouble figuring out how to update an existing entry in my mongodb database using a service I defined with ngResource in my Angular app. So far I have been unable to create a function that will update the back-end after a user clicks my submit button. I have been looking around for a solution for about 2 days but so far have not found a solution. I know the solution is similar to how I delete users in My User's Controller, but nothing I have tried has worked.
My Product Service
angular.module('gemStoreApp.productService',['ngResource'])
.factory('productsService', function($resource) {
return $resource('/products/:id', {},{
'update': { method: 'PUT'}
});
});
My Product Detail
angular.module('gemStoreApp')
.controller("ReviewCtrl", ['$scope', '$resource', 'productsService', function ($scope, $resource, productsService) {
this.review = {};
this.addReview = function(product){
product.reviews.push(this.review);
productService.save({id: product._id}, function() {
// I have tried .update, .$update, and .save methods
});
this.review = {};
};
}]);
I have verified that the products.review variable contains the update. Here is a sample of my JSON output from my console before and after adding the review:
Before the review is added to the front end
{"_id":"product_id","name":"Product 1","description":"Product 1 Description",...,"reviews":[{}]}
After the review is added to the front end
{"_id":"product_id","name":"Product 1","description":"Product 1 Description",...,"reviews":[{"stars":4,"body":"An Awesome review!","author":"user#domain.com","createdOn":1436963056994}]}
And I know that my productsService.save() function is being called as well, as I can put a console log in and see it run when I view in the browser.
My User's Controller
angular.module('gemStoreApp')
.controller('UsersCtrl', ['$scope', '$http', 'usersService', function ($scope, $http, usersService) {
$scope.users = {};
$scope.users = usersService.query();
$scope.remove = function(id) {
var user = $scope.users[id];
usersService.remove({id: user._id}, function() {
$scope.users.splice(user, 1);
});
};
}]);
My full source code is available on my Github page. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I actually put it into work in this plunker
Took the same factory :
app.factory('productsService', function($resource) {
return $resource('product/:id', {id:"#id"},{
'update': { method: 'PUT'}
});
});
here is my controller :
$scope.products = productsService.query();
$scope.saveProduct = function(product){
product.$update();
}
and how i pass the value in the HTML :
<div ng-repeat="product in products">
<input type="text" ng-model="product.text">
<button ng-click="saveProduct(product)">Update</button>
</div>
If you track the networks request in the javascript console you will see a request : PUT /product/id with the updated data.
Hope it helped. If you have anymore question fell free to ask.