Refresh page automatically when MongoDB collection changes

Question

I'm making a Node.Js with MongoDB application and I need to refresh one of my HBS pages every time something changes on my MongoDB collection.

Don't know exactly what I should do. What is the best approach to do so?

Cheers.

Answer 1

Thank you for all your help. The best (and easiest) solution that I've found was using websockets with Socket.io. I've used the following logic:

• On my new user page I've added this on my submit event:

socket.emit('UpdateOnDatabase');

• On my app.js:

io.on('connection', function(socket){
    socket.on('UpdateOnDatabase', function(msg){
        socket.broadcast.emit('RefreshPage');
    });
});

• And in my Home page, wich is the one that I want to refresh:

var socket = io.connect('http://localhost:3000');
    socket.on('RefreshPage', function (data) {
        location.reload();
    });

I've changed my way of thinking a bit but it's working exactly as I want.

Cheers.