I am trying to retrieve data from mongo by the id, it works well when, however when I add an external link, like a style file or a script file I get this error message.
message: 'Cast to ObjectId failed for value "script.js" at path "_id" for model "Blog"', name: 'CastError', stringValue: '"script.js"', kind: 'ObjectId', value: 'script.js', path: '_id', reason: undefined, model:
const express = require('express'),
ejs = require('ejs'),
bodyParser = require('body-parser'),
Blog = require('./models/blog');
const app = express(),
port = 5000;
// mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/blog_v1', {useMongoClient: true});
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true}));
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
Blog.find({},(error, blogs) => {
if(error) {
console.log(`something went wrong ${error}`);
} else {
// console.log(blogs);
res.render('home', {blogs: blogs});
}
});
});
// findById or find({'_id': 'id'})
app.get('/posts/:id', (req, res) => {
Blog.findById(req.params.id, (error, foundPost) => {
if(error) {
console.log(error);
console.log(req.params.id);
} else {
res.render('posts', {foundPost: foundPost});
console.log(req.params.id);
}
});
});
app.listen(process.env.PORT || 5000, () => {
console.log(`Server is up on port ${port}`);
});
