Step 1
We are starting where we left off with refactoring YouNote API.
Install mongoose:
npm install mongoose
As the first step, we will update our model for "note"; open model.Note.js
file which currently contains the following:
class Note {
constructor(content, author) {
this.content = content;
this.author = author;
}
}
module.exports = Note;
Update the source code:
const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
const NoteSchema = new Schema({
content: { type: String, required: true },
author: { type: String, required: true },
});
const Note = mongoose.model("Note", NoteSchema);
module.exports = Note;
As it can be seen, we are making a schema for notes document and link that schema to a mongoose.model called Note
. Note the attribute required: true
in the NoteSchema
; this attribute will help us with input validation.