Empty row on MongoDB data insertion using express.js - node.js

Question

I want to add data to my MongoDB collection. I'm getting this data via a local Flask API. I'm GETting the data on my React Frontend and it's displaying fine. I'm not sure why I can't do the same thing on my express nodejs backend. I want to get that same data and use it to build the entity that I'm going to store.
This is how I'm attempting to get the data
app.get('/', async (req, res) => {
let initialData = {};
axios.get('http://localhost:3000/details').then((res) => {
initialData = res.data;
});
const recruit = new RecruitModel({ email:initialData.email,
mobile_number:initialData.mobile_number,
name:initialData.name});
try {
await recruit.save()
res.send("inserted data")
} catch (error) {
console.log(error)
}
})
I'm pretty sure something wrong there and nowhere else. Because if I pass static information instead it's correctly stored, no issues.

Answer 1

You are saving to the database's Recruit Collection before the promise is resolved. Since data to save in the Recruit Collection is dependent upon the result from the API which will initially return the promise, therefore, use promise resolving functions to wait for its result.
Solution#1 (using .then function):
app.get('/', async (req, res) => {
let initialData = {};
try {
axios.get('http://localhost:3000/details').then((response) => {
initialData = response.data;
const recruit = new RecruitModel({
email: initialData.email,
mobile_number: initialData.mobile_number,
name: initialData.name,
});
recruit.save().then((response) => res.send('inserted data'));
});
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
});
Solution#2 (using async await keywords):
app.get('/', async (req, res) => {
try {
const response = await axios.get('http://localhost:3000/details');
const recruit = new RecruitModel({
email: response.data.email,
mobile_number: response.data.mobile_number,
name: response.data.name,
});
await recruit.save();
res.send('inserted data');
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
});
Either solution will work in your case.