MongoDB-mongoose does not respond to REST API - node.js

Question

I have a strange issue with MongoDB-mongoose, which does not respond to REST API
mongoose version - 4.11.3
Mongo DB shell version 3.4.6
Everything is local on my computer
Connection to Mongo DB is the following:
server.js
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/test');
var db = mongoose.connection;
db.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'connection error:'));
db.once('open', function() {
console.log("Connected correctly to db");
});
...
var app = express();
var tasks = require('./server/routes/taskRouter');
app.use('/api/tasks',tasks);
The log "Connected correctly to db" is printed.
Schema (tasks.js)
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
var taskSchema = new Schema({
name: String
});
var Task = mongoose.model('Task', taskSchema);
module.exports = Task;
And finally taskRouter.js
var express = require('express');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var Task = require('../models/tasks');
var taskRouter = express.Router();
taskRouter.use(bodyParser.json());
taskRouter.route('/')
.get(function (req, res, next) {
Task.find({}, function (err, task) {
console.log("result"+task)
if (err) throw err;
res.json(task);
});
})
.post(function (req, res, next) {
var task = new Tasks();
console.log ('the name is '+req.body.name);
task.name = req.body.name;
task.save(function(err){
console.log ("arrived there");
if (err)
res.send(err);
res.json({message: "Task created"});
});
})
As you see, everything is by the book .
But I never get any logs from task.save and Task.find
My 'morgan' logger shows just the following logs:
GET /api/tasks - - ms - -
POST /api/tasks - - ms - -
Postman is stuck on "Loading", until receives a timeout: Could not get any response.
All simple operation on the tasks collection in Mongo DB shell are performed without any problem.
What happens with mongoose?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Try to create a separate file config.js with the following code :
module.exports = {
'database': 'mongodb://localhost:27017/yourdatabasename'
}
server.js:
...
var config = require('./config'); // get our config file
...
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
...
mongoose.connect(config.database, { useMongoClient: true });
mongoose.connection.on('open', function(err, doc){
console.log("connection established");
var app = express();
var tasks = require('./server/routes/taskRouter');
app.use('/api/tasks',tasks);
db.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'connection error:'));
db.once('open', function() {
console.log("Connected correctly to db");
});