Bootstrap form sending data wrong to MongoDB database - node.js

Question

I have a form I created using Twitter Bootstrap that's posting the data I put in it incorrectly to my MongoDB database. The model of the database is: ({date: 'date', link: 'string'}) and the result should look like this:
{ _id: 558a69c644c2a80985299594,
date: Mon Jul 03 1995 02:00:00 GMT+
link: 'https://www.youtu.be.com' },
But when I submit data from the form this is what I get instead:
{ _id: 558a69c644c2a80985299594,__v:0},
When I manually insert to the collection it seems to work, but I want to submit from the form.
Here is the code for the router where the POST action is handled:
var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
/* Database stuff */
//connect to the data store and the set up the database
var db = mongoose.connection;
//connect to the database
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/Mandela_Diaries/data');
//Create a model which connects to the schema and entries collection in the Mandela_Diaries database
var Entry = mongoose.model("Entry", new Schema({date: 'date', link: 'string'}), "entries");
mongoose.connection.on("open", function() {
console.log("mongodb is connected!");
});
//The route for getting data for the database - GET form
router.get("/", function(req, res) {
//Send the current entries to the page
Entry.find({}, function(err, entries) {
console.log(entries);
if(err) {
res.status(404).json({"error": "not found", "err":err});
return;
} else {
//res.json(entries);
res.render('database', {title: 'database', entries: entries});
}
});
});
router.post('/', function(req, res) {
//console.log(date, link);
//res.redirect('form')
var newEntry = new Entry({entries: {'date': req.body.date, 'link': req.body.link}});
newEntry.save(function(err, entries){
//console.log(entries);
//res.redirect('form');
if (err !== null) {
res.status(500).json(err);
} else {
res.redirect('database');
};
});
});
module.exports = router;
And here is the code for the form which is written using the Jade template:
extends layout
block content
.container
.row
.col-s-12
h1 The Mandela Diaries Database
.row
.col-s-4
h3 Add Entry
.row
.col-s-12
form.form-inline(method='post', action='/create')
.form-group
label(for='date') Date:
input#datepicker.form-control.datepicker(type='text', value='date')
.form-group
label(for='link') Link:
input#link.form-control(type='string', value='link')
button.btn.btn-default(type='submit') Submit
.row
p
| Format options:
br
select#format
option(value='mm/dd/yy') Default - mm/dd/yy
option(value='yy-mm-dd') ISO 8601 - yy-mm-dd
option(value='d M, y') Short - d M, y
option(value='d MM, y') Medium - d MM, y
option(value='DD, d MM, yy') Full - DD, d MM, yy
option(value="'day' d 'of' MM 'in the year' yy") With text - 'day' d 'of' MM 'in the year' yy
.row
#entries.col-s-12
ul
script(type'text/javascript', scrc='../public/js/script.js')
Please help as I am running out of time on this project.
The main app.js file is below:
var express = require('express');
var path = require('path');
var favicon = require('serve-favicon');
var logger = require('morgan');
var cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var routes = require('./routes/index');
var users = require('./routes/users');
var database = require('./routes/database');
var app = express();
// view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
// uncomment after placing your favicon in /public
//app.use(favicon(__dirname + '/public/favicon.ico'));
app.use(logger('dev'));
app.use(bodyParser.json());
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(cookieParser());
app.use('/public', express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
app.use('public/js', express.static(path.join(__dirname + 'public/js')));
app.use('public/css', express.static(path.join(__dirname + 'public/css')));
app.use('/', routes);
app.use('/users', users);
app.use('/database', database)
app.use('/create', database)
// catch 404 and forward to error handler
app.use(function(req, res, next) {
var err = new Error('Not Found');
err.status = 404;
next(err);
});
// error handlers
// development error handler
// will print stacktrace
if (app.get('env') === 'development') {
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error', {
message: err.message,
error: err
});
});
}
// production error handler
// no stacktraces leaked to user
app.use(function(err, req, res, next) {
res.status(err.status || 500);
res.render('error', {
message: err.message,
error: {}
});
});
module.exports = app;
app.listen(8080);
console.log("The server has started");

Answer 1

I think the problem is with your jade template. You're not specifying the name attribute to your input elements. Try adding them
input#link.form-control(type='string', name='link')
and
input#datepicker.form-control.datepicker(type='text', name='date')
Edit:
In your post route, try changing the relevant line to this var newEntry = new Entry(req.body);