mondodb.md

Mongodb + express instructor notes

Objectives

• Install mongodb
• Explain the differences between a database, a collection, and a record
• Add records to a collection
• Get all records in a collection
• Get one record from a collection
• Delete one record from a collection
• Update one record in a collection

Resources

• express-mongo-book-case
• express-mongo-book-case solution
• https://mongoosejs.com/docs/models.html

Install mongodb

brew install mongodb
mongo

Explain the differences between a database, collection, and a record

• Read over https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/core/databases-and-collections/
• What is a mongodb database?
• What is a mongodb collection?
• What is a mongodb record?
• How do the above terms compare to a RDB?

Add records to a collection

• Add a new book to the books collection/schema using the post request

Get all records in a collection

• Get all books from the books collections/schema

Get one record from a collection

• Get one book by id from the books collections/schema

Delete one record from a collection

• Delete one book by id from the books collections/schema

Update one record in a collection

• Update one book by id from the books collections/schema

Update views counter on get one

• Update the get one route to find and update one record by id