Error connecting to mongolab using node.js and mongoose - node.js

Question

I'm trying to write an API using mongoose and mongolab.
Here is my code :
./index.js
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
mongoose.connect('mongodb://user:pass#****.mlab.com:*****/****');
var Bear = require('./app/models/bear');
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
var port = process.env.PORT || 8080;
var router = express.Router();
router.use(function(req, res, next){
console.log('request called');
next();
});
router.get('/', function(req, res) {
res.json({ message: 'in /' });
});
router.route('/bears')
.post(function(req, res) {
var bear = new Bear();
bear.name = req.body.name;
console.log(bear.name);
bear.save(function(err) {
console.log('in save')
if (err)
res.send(err);
res.json({ message: 'Bear created!' });
});
});
app.use('/api', router);
app.listen(port);
console.log('connected to port ' + port);
and
./app/models/bear.js
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
var BearSchema = new Schema({
name: String
});
module.exports = mongoose.model('Bear', BearSchema);
My problem is, when I try the following request :
It doesn't return anything. I tried to console.log something in bear.save but in never goes in.
I don't get what I am doing wrong. Also when I try to connect to my mongolab db from my terminal it works perfectly well.

Answer 1

There's a problem with your index.js. Here, use this code:
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/test');
var Bear = require('./bear');
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
extended: true
}));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
var port = process.env.PORT || 8080;
var router = express.Router();
router.use(function (req, res, next) {
console.log('request called');
next();
});
router.get('/', function (req, res) {
res.json({
message: 'in /'
});
});
/*router.route('/bears')*/
router.post('/bears', function (req, res) {
console.log("request: " + JSON.stringify(req.body));
var bear = new Bear();
bear.name = req.body.name;
console.log(bear.name);
bear.save(function (err) {
console.log('in save')
if (err)
res.send(err);
res.json({
message: 'Bear created!'
});
});
});
app.use('/api', router);
app.listen(port);
console.log('connected to port ' + port);