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-rw-r--r--assets/js/home_page.js32
-rw-r--r--node_simple.js6
-rw-r--r--routes/index.js7
3 files changed, 26 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/assets/js/home_page.js b/assets/js/home_page.js
index b04832c..059444c 100644
--- a/assets/js/home_page.js
+++ b/assets/js/home_page.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function main(){
}
});
-
+ // TODO: move this function to a general helper class??
// for auto-complete
var substringMatcher = function(strs) {
return function findMatches(q, cb) {
@@ -45,23 +45,29 @@ function main(){
cb(matches);
};
};
- // get array of all courses from controllers
+
+
+ // get array of all courses from controller
$.ajax({
url: '/auto-complete-courses',
type: 'GET',
success: function(data){
- // console.log(JSON.parse(data));
- var states = JSON.parse(data);
+ var jsonData = JSON.parse(data);
+ if (jsonData.success) {
+ var states = jsonData.data;
- $('.typeahead').typeahead({
- hint: true,
- highlight: true,
- minLength: 1
- },
- {
- name: 'courseNames',
- source: substringMatcher(states)
- });
+ $('.typeahead').typeahead({
+ hint: true,
+ highlight: true,
+ minLength: 1
+ },
+ {
+ name: 'courseNames',
+ source: substringMatcher(states)
+ });
+ } else { // console log the error mssg
+ console.log(jsonData.data);
+ }
}
});
}
diff --git a/node_simple.js b/node_simple.js
index e991515..1061464 100644
--- a/node_simple.js
+++ b/node_simple.js
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ var uri = exports.uri = 'mongodb://general:assignment4@ds057862.mlab.com:57862/
exports.setupDB = function (callback) {
mongoFactory.getConnection(uri).then(function (database) {
db = database;
- // var corses = exports.find_all_course_codes_from_exams();
callback(true, "Database connected"); // signal start of app
}).catch(function (err) {
@@ -659,10 +658,9 @@ exports.updatePassword = function (email, password, callback) {
exports.find_all_course_codes_from_exams = function (callback) {
var exams = db.collection('exams');
exams.distinct("course_code", function (err, result) {
- if (err) throw console.log(err);
+ if (err) callback(false, "Failed to get unique courses");
else {
- // console.log(result);
- callback(result);
+ callback(true, result);
}
});
diff --git a/routes/index.js b/routes/index.js
index 31f5442..04ee1ff 100644
--- a/routes/index.js
+++ b/routes/index.js
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ router.get('/', function(req, res, next) {
router.get('/auto-complete-courses', function(req, res, next) {
// console.log('in controller');
- dbFile.find_all_course_codes_from_exams( function (data) {
- res.send(JSON.stringify(data));
+ dbFile.find_all_course_codes_from_exams( function (success, data) {
+ var res_obj = {};
+ res_obj.success = success;
+ res_obj.data = data;
+ res.send(JSON.stringify(res_obj));
});
});