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JavaScript

Keith Short
Keith Short
5,971 Points
Posted by Keith Short
Keith Short
5,971 Points

Replacing elements on the webpage with node.js

I am making a web app which will query a database and display some data in a <table>.

As node.js is non-blocking, the entire webpage will have been created and response.end(); will have happened before the function that queries data from the database has finished.

As such I need to manipulate elements on the page once the query has finished.

I have a placeholder {{table}} on my html page, how will I replace this with my <table> filled with data from the database?

1 Answer

Jesus Mendoza
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 Points
Jesus Mendoza
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 Points

You add the response inside the query for the database. Example:

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
   DbCollection.find(function(err, docs) {
      if (err) return console.log(err);

      res.render('index', { docs: docs });
   })
}

DbCollection is the name of your database model

Jesus Mendoza
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 Points
Jesus Mendoza
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 Points

You can also make a local variable to use with your application where you do exactly the same but use it globally.

app.use(function(req, res, next) {
   DbCollection.find(function(err, docs) {
      if (err) {
         return console.log(err);
      } else {
         res.locals.VARIABLENAME = docs;
      }
      next();
   });

});

And now you can send that data from your routes as json with your render response