I've an http server in node [not express]. On button click I've a get method, which then pulls documents from mongodb (using mongoose) and displays it on angular page.
on button click:
$http.get('/get').success(function(response){
console.log(response);
//logic to store JSON response of database and perform repeat to display each document returned on UI
});
In Node code where server is created using http.createServer instead of express:
if(req.url==="/get"){
res.writeHead(200,{'content-type':'text/plain'});
modelName.find({}, 'property1 prop2 prop3', function(err,docs){
res.write('response...: '+docs);
});
}
Here is my issue:
I'm able to send response from node js to angular js but how to parse it? If I don't add 'response...:' before docs then I get an error msg 'first argument should be a string or buffer'. On angular I get response like:->
response...:{_id:....1, prop1: 'a',prop2: 'b',prop3: 'c'},
{_id:....2, prop1: 'ab',prop2: 'bc',prop3: 'cd'}
I want to display documents as a tabular format
I don't know your exact setup, but I think you should transfer application/json instead of text/plain.
You cannot simply concatenate a string to docs, you need to return either only just docs (to transfer as an array) or write res.write({'response':docs}) (to transfer as an object).
Consider moving from $http to a resource service. In your resource service, you need to set isArray to false if you want to transfer as an object or to true if you transfer as an array: https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ngResource/service/$resource
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How can I send JSON.stringify(array) data within form-data and decode the JSON with my Django api?
I'm trying to add the functionality to upload an array of date-strings within a form
originally we sent the post data using JSON and sending arrays of data worked, however, when we switched to using form-data in order to make uploading an image easier we started having problems with array types.
since form data has to be sent using a string type I converted the date-string array using JSON.stringify()
const myForm = new FormData();
myForm.set("date_strings", JSON.stringify(dateStrings));
when I post myForm to my Django + DRF API it responds with
{
"date_strings": [
"Datetime has wrong format. Use one of these formats instead: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm[:ss[.uuuuuu]][+HH:MM|-HH:MM|Z]."
],
"status_code": 400
}
In Postman I verified that sending a single date-string works, but when I send a string-array I get the same error.
I believe my Django API tests if the request.data is valid, sees that date_strings are a JSON string, then responds with a 400 Error.
def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.data)
serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
Attempted Solutions:
converting the JSON string to an array in the PostViewset create method
I can't change request.data['publish_dates'] because it is not mutable and I've seen some advice that you should not attempt to copy or change request data in the viewset because it isn't safe.
convert the JSON string to an array in the serializer
neither MySerializer's create nor validate methods run (I logged to test).
date_strings are formated and created as a separate PublishDate model in the create method,
class MySerializer(MyChildSerializer):
date_strings = serializers.ListField(child=serializers.DateTimeField(), min_length=1, max_length=100, write_only=True)
How can I send/accept form-data to my Django + DRF API when one attribute is an array of date-time strings?
I realized the problem and found a solution. Because MySerializer had set date_strings to be a ListField it was coming in as a string and being rejected as a bad request.
by changing the model of date_strings to a CharField, MySerializer runs the validate and create methods. I now have to find a way to convert the JSON date_strings back into an array in the serializer create method, but I solved the API's 400 issue.
MySerializer now looks like:
class CreatePostSerializer(SocialVeilModelSerializer):
publish_dates = serializers.CharField(max_length=2000)
I'm trying some basic API Connect tutorials on IBM's platform (running locally using loopback) and have got completely stuck at an early point.
I've built a basic API service with some in-memory data and setter / getter functions. I've then built a separate API which takes two GET parameters and uses one of my getter functions to perform a search based on two criteria. When I run it, I successfully get a response with the following JSON object:
[{"itemId":1,"charge":9,"itemSize":2,"id":2}]
I've then tried to add a piece of server logic that modifies the response data - at this point, I'm just trying to add an extra field. I've added a Javascript component in the Assemble view and included the following code (taken from a tutorial), which I thought should modify the message body returned by the API while still passing it through:
//APIC: get the payload
var json = apim.getvariable('message.body');
//console.error("json %s", JSON.stringify(json));
//same: code to inject new attribute
json.platform = 'Powered by IBM API Connect';
//APIC: set the payload
//message.body = json;
apim.setvariable('message.body', json);
Instead of getting an extra JSON parameter ("platform"), all I get is a 500 error when I call the service. I'm guessing that I'm doing something fundamentally wrong, but all the docs suggest these are the right variable names to use.
You can't access json.platform but at that point json variable is json type. Are you sure that you can add a property to a json type variable if your json object lacks of that property? I mean: What if you first parse the json variable of json type to a normal object, then add new property, and finally stringify to json type again for body assigning purposes?
var json = JSON.parse(apim.getvariable('message.body')); //convert to normal object
json.platform = 'Powered by IBM API Connect'; //add new property
apim.setvariable('message.body', JSON.stringify(json)); //convert to json again before setting as body value
You need to get the context in some determined format, and in this function do your logic. For example if your message is in json you need to do:
apim.readInputAsJSON(function (error, json) {
if (error)
{
// handle error
apim.error('MyError', 500, 'Internal Error', 'Some error message');
}
else
{
//APIC: get the payload
var json = apim.getvariable('message.body');
//console.error("json %s", JSON.stringify(json));
if(json){
//same: code to inject new attribute
json.platform = 'Powered by IBM API Connect';
//APIC: set the payload
//message.body = json;
apim.setvariable('message.body', json);
}
}
});
Reference:
IBM Reference
You have the message.body empty, put a invoke/proxy policy before your gateway/javascript policy for example.
I have my NODE-RED schemma:
following string result from my "Function" node my node:
msg.payload : string[63]
"{"random":{"date":"22:55","random":21},"time":{"time":"22:52"}}"
This is the code of my "Function Node":
msg.payload.random=context.global.randomandtime;
msg.payload.time=context.global.time;
return msg;
I need to put in "part of the string" (not all) like this =>{"date":"22:55","random":21} and show it in my browser like a webpage but not using html tags.
Like this:
22:55
21
Any help will be wellcome.
I have added template(Mustache) and I am traying to bring data to it,(Note:http response is already in schemme but not shown here)
I am traying to bring data here (template). But I get error.
The Mustache template body is:
This is the payload: {{#payload.randomandandtime.random}} !
But I have back this error back:
2017-5-18 16:18:00node: Mustachemsg : string[56]
"Unclosed section "payload.randomandandtime.random" at 59"
In browser I get
502 Bad Gateway: Registered endpoint failed to handle the request.
Even If I change it only payload.randomandandtime I get empty:
payload.randomandandtime
In browser & console:
Messsage received back: (empty)
This is the payload: !
Finally I solved in this way.
I make all in one Global varaible instead 2 global variables.
I passed it to mustache template and in Mustache I worked with context in order to get it.
General Scheme:
Then in recoverydata:
msg.payload = context.global.get("randomtime");
In My Mustache:
`{{#payload.random}}
Last random number request returned {{&payload.random}}, which was received
at {{&payload.randomtime.times}}{{/payload.random}}
{{/payload}}`
The resul of it is a Webservice not using HTML and this is:
url https://....../page
"Time last server time request received at 13:14 Last random number request returned 94, which was received at 13:14"
I have a REST API serving a few URLs:
/rest/messages
provides all messages. A message is a JSON/Backbone Model
{
title: 'foo',
body : 'bar'
}
To get a single message I have:
/rest/messages/:id
Is it possible to fetch a Backbone Collection using message IDs array? I don't want the whole message list, but just a few messages I specify by ID.
I could fetch Models one-by-one and fill up the Collection, but I'm wondering if Backbone has a cleaner way to do this.
Thanks
According to documentation, you can pass ajax options to the fetch call. So, you can pass ids as data attribute to the fetch call being done and based on it, return the respective models from the server.
For example (when doing fetch),
collection.fetch({
data : {
message_ids : [1, 3, 5] // array of the message ids you want to retrieve as models
}
})
This message_id array will be accessible as parameters (not sure of the name in your case) in the server code being executed at /rest/messages, from there you can return only specific models based on ids you receive as message_ids. The only thing you need is, client side must be aware of the ids of all the message models it needs.
You can use any data structure instead of array to send message_ids.
The url property of collection reference to the collection location on the server. When you use fetch, backbone uses that url.
The url property can be also a function that returns the url. So you can do something like that:
var ids = [1,2,3]
var messages = new MessegecCollection();
messages.url = function() {
return "/rest/messages/"+ids.join("-"); //results "/rest/messages/1-2-3"
}
messages.fetch();
You can also create a method in your collection that generated and set the url, or even fetchs a set of models.
Now all you have to do is to support this url: /rest/messages/1-2-3
Hope this helps!
I have exposed to Backbone an API that returns user profiles with this structure:
{id: 1, following: {...}}. I only want to use the dictionary inside of the "following" attribute. How would I do that? Right now, I have a model with a URL to the API. I have a collection that uses this model. I do a fetch() on the collection, but I only want to use the dictionary inside of "following".
You should use parse to extract what you want from the the response:
parse model.parse(response)
parse is called whenever a model's data is returned by the server, in fetch, and save. The function is passed the raw response object, and should return the attributes hash to be set on the model.
So you'd want something like this in your model:
parse: function(response) {
return response.following;
}