I recently started working on a project in which the administrator can create tours online by filling out a form. By completing the form the information to be introduced intro a Mongoose Schema and create JSON.
In createcontent.js file takes the data from the form, I used new FormData();
because to upload images i use a module call multer.
const createTour_form = document.querySelector('.form-create__tour');
if (createTour_form) {
createTour_form.addEventListener('submit', (cr) => {
cr.preventDefault();
const create = new FormData();
// Name
create.append('name', document.getElementById('tour_name').value);
//Tour Duration
create.append('duration', document.getElementById('tour_duration').value);
//Number Participoants
create.append('maxGroupSize', document.getElementById('tour_participants').value);
//Tour Difficulty
create.append('difficulty', document.getElementById('tour_difficulty').value);
//Tour Price
create.append('price', document.getElementById('tour_prices').value);
//Short Description
create.append('summary', document.getElementById('tour_short_des').value);
//Description
create.append('description', document.getElementById('tour_long_des').value);
createTour(create);
})
}
I use a module slugify to convert the tour name to a slug that I use in the url. This is my mongoose schema:
const tourchema = new mongoose.Schema({
name: {
type: String,
require: [true, 'A tour mush have a name'],
unique: true,
trim: true,
maxlength: [50, 'A tour name must have less or equal then 50 characters'],
minlength: [10, 'A tour name must have more or equal then 10 characters'],
//validate:[validator.isAlpha, 'Tour name must only contain characters']
},
slug: {
formType: String
},
duration: {
type: Number,
require: [true, 'A tour must have a duration']
},
maxGroupSize: {
type: Number,
require: [true, 'A tour must have a group size']
},
difficulty: {
type: String,
require: [true, 'A tour must have a difficulty'],
enum: {
values: ['easy', 'medium', 'difficult'],
message: 'Difficulty is either: easy, medium, difficult'
}
},
ratingsAverage: {
type: Number,
default: 4.5,
min: [1, 'Raiting must be above 1.0'],
max: [5, 'Raiting must be below 5.0'],
set: val => Math.round(val * 10) / 10
},
ratingsQuantity: {
type: Number,
default: 0
},
price: {
type: Number,
require: [true, 'A tour must have a price']
},
priceDiscount: {
type: Number,
validate: {
validator: function (val) {
//his only points to create doc on new document creation
return val < this.price;
},
message: 'Discount price ({VALUE}) shoud be below the regular price'
}
},
summary: {
type: String,
trim: true,
require: [true, 'A tour must have a description']
},
description: {
type: String,
trim: true
},
imageCover: {
type: String,
require: [true, 'A tour must have a cover image']
},
images: [String],
createdAt: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now()
},
startDates: [Date],
secretTour: {
type: Boolean,
default: false
},
startLocation: {
//GeoJSON
type: {
formType: String,
default: 'Point',
enum: ['Point']
},
coordinates: [Number],
adress: String,
description: String
},
locations: [
{
type: {
type: String,
default: 'Point',
enum: ['Point']
},
coordinates: [Number],
adress: String,
description: String,
day: Number
}
],
// guides:Array
guides: [
{
type: mongoose.Schema.ObjectId,
ref: 'User'
}
]
}
tourchema.index({ slug: 1 });
tourchema.pre('save', function (next) {
this.slug = slugify(this.name, { lower: true });
next();
});
When i upload data from form unsign axios winth asynchronus function:
import axios from 'axios';
import { showAlert } from './alert';
export const createTour = async(data)=>{
try{
const create_tour = await axios({
method:'POST',
url:'http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/v1/tours',
data:data
});
}
catch(err){
console.log(err);
showAlert('error',err.response.data.message);
}
}
when the referral action takes place an error occurs slugify: string argument expected I did not find anything on the internet about this error. I tried to build my own function to replace the module but it didn't work there is no solution to solve this error??
You can convert the "FormData" to an Object and then parse it.
function formDataToObj(formData) {
let obj = {};
for (let key of formData.keys()) {
obj[key] = formData.get(key)
}
return obj;
}
Example:
function formDataToObj(formData) {
let obj = {};
for (let key of formData.keys()) {
obj[key] = formData.get(key)
}
return obj;
}
const fd = new FormData()
fd.append('a', 1)
fd.append('b', 2)
const obj = formDataToObj(fd)
console.log( obj )
const json = JSON.stringify( obj )
console.log( json )
UPDATE: A better approach could be by using the native way like this:
Object.fromEntries(formData.entries())
Example:
const fd = new FormData()
fd.append('a', 1)
fd.append('b', 2)
const obj = Object.fromEntries(fd.entries())
console.log( obj )
const json = JSON.stringify( obj )
console.log( json )