First of all, let me tell you that I'm a novice in the world of javascript and node.js. I have been searching for help in trying to do what i want but haven't found yet.
I am using the MEAN stack(http://mean.io/) and I am trying to implement a search feature in the included articles model. The search would look for articles with a specific tag and would be implemented in the index page. Follow me and see if you can find what I am missing please.
In the backend:
app/models/
/**
* Article Schema
*/
var ArticleSchema = new Schema({
created: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now
},
title: {
type: String,
default: '',
trim: true
},
content: {
type: String,
default: '',
trim: true
},
tag: {
type: String,
default: '',
trim: true
},
user: {
type: Schema.ObjectId,
ref: 'User'
}
});
app/controllers/
exports.searcharticle = function(req, res) {
Article.find({'tag': req.params.tag}).sort('-created').populate('user', 'name username').exec(function(err, articles) {
if (err) {
res.render('error', {
status: 500
});
} else {
res.jsonp(articles);
}
});
};
Added the route for the search in app/routes/articles.js
app.get('/articles/search/:tag', articles.searcharticle);
In the frontend:
Created the view for the search wich will display the search results - public/views/articles/search.html
<section data-ng-controller="ArticlesController" data-ng-init="searchart()">
<ul class="articles unstyled">
<li data-ng-repeat="article in articles">
<span>{{article.created | date:'medium'}}</span> /
<span>{{article.user.name}}</span>
<h2><a data-ng-href="#!/articles/{{article._id}}">{{article.name}}</a></h2>
<div>{{article.tag}}</div>
</li>
</ul>
<h1 data-ng-hide="!articles || articles.length">Your search hasn't returned any results. <br> Why don't you <a href="/#!/articles/create">Create One</a>?</h1>
</section>
The view for the index.html, where the searchbox will be implemented
<section data-ng-controller="ArticlesController">
<form role="form" data-ng-submit="searchart()">
<div>
<div>
<input type="text" id="tag" ng-model="selected" class="form-control" placeholder="Tag">
</div>
<div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-default">Submit</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
Added the route to the config.js
when('/articles/search/:tag', {
templateUrl: 'views/articles/search.html'
}).
And added the search function to the articles controller
$scope.searchart = function() {
Articles.query(function(articles) {
$scope.articles = articles;
});
};
Right now, with this code implemented, when I click in the submit button in the index page, nothing happens.
Can you find what am I missing?
Thanks in advance!