Mongoose Post with Mixed/Geospatial Schemas - express

Question

Hello i'm using Mongoose and Express to submit geospatial data for a map (GEOJSON).
I have a form which gets the longitude and latitude for a point and the user can then submit to save this point.
My form works if I hard code the values in the 'coordinates' part of my post route, but if I try to do req.body.longitude and req.body.latitude it doesnt post to the array and gets me a 'req not defined' error.
I picked up the basics of mongoose geojson here:
https://gist.github.com/aheckmann/5241574
How can I make this form save from req.body values in a mixed schema? Thanks.
My Schema
var schema = new Schema({
type: {type: String},
properties: {
popupContent: {type: String}
},
geometry: {
type: { type: String }
, coordinates: {}
}
});
schema.index({ geometry: '2dsphere' });
var A = mongoose.model('A', schema);
My Post Route
app.post('/api/map', function( request, response ) {
console.log("Posting a Marker");
var sticker = new A({
type: 'Feature',
properties: {
popupContent: 'compa'
},
geometry: {
type: 'Point',
coordinates: [req.body.longitude, req.body.latitude]
}
});
sticker.save();
return response.send( sticker );
res.redirect('/map')
});
My Clientside Form
form(method='post', action='/api/map')
input#popup(type="text", value="click a button", name="popup")
input#lng(type="text", value="click a button", name="longtude")
input#lat(type="text", value="click a button", name="latitude")
input(type="submit")

Answer 1

Your function signature states that there is no req parameter.
app.post('/api/map', function( request, response )
You should either rename your parameters in your signature or in the body.
app.post('/api/map', function(request, response) {
console.log("Posting a Marker");
var sticker = new A({
type: 'Feature',
properties: {
popupContent: 'compa'
},
geometry: {
type: 'Point',
coordinates: [request.body.longitude, request.body.latitude]
}
});
sticker.save();
return response.send(sticker);
});
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