I’m trying to persist data in my users’ collection that is inside a database that I created on MongoDB Atlas, the problem is every time I create a new user using my nodejs code and postman a new “test” database created with my users collection inside below is my sample code:
model:
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
username: {
type: String,
},
email: {
type: String,
unique: true,
lowercase: true
},
password: {
type: String,
},
});
const User = mongoose.model('User', userSchema);
module.exports = User;
signup:
const User = require('../../models/userModel');
const bcrypt = require('bcryptjs');
const signup = async (req, res) => {
try {
const { username, email, password } = req.body;
// Check if user exists
const user = await User.exists({ email });
if (user) {
return res.status(409).send('This email is already taken!')
}
// Encrypt password
const encryptedPassword = await bcrypt.hash( password, 10 );
// create the user document
const newUser = await User.create({
username,
email,
password: encryptedPassword,
})
// create JWT token
const token = 'Some token data here'
res.status(201).json({
userData: {
username: newUser.username,
email: newUser.email,
token,
}
})
} catch (error) {
return res.status(500).send('Something went wrong, please try again')
}
};
module.exports = signup;
I attached a screenshot from MongoDB Atlas account that shows what I explained above:
