Get user input from form and update it by id - mongodb and node.js

Question

How to update a record by hard coding the MLAB ID in the server using app.post.

Any help would be great.

Thanks

Answered

Answer 1

Try this:

app.post('/form1', function (req, res, next) {
  record.findOneAndUpdate({"_id": ObjectId("THE ID IN MLAB")}, req.body, {new: true}, function (err, doc) {
    if (err) {
      res.status(500).end()
    } else {
      res.status(200).end()
    }
  })
});

Documentation: https://mongoosejs.com/docs/api.html#model_Model.findOneAndUpdate