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QuikProBroNa
QuikProBroNa

Reputation: 816

Node.js: Returning proper JSON from mongoose query

I have this express application with mongoDB as the database and handlebars as my server-side templating engine. I am not using AngularJS or Ajax in my application.

In one of the routes, I have to render the page as well as send over a json file from the database. However, I am not able to achieve this.

Here is code snippet the my route:

router.get('/disks', function(req, res, next) {
  places.find({"category": "disks"}, function(err, disks){
      if(err){
        throw err;
      }

       res.render('disks', 
        { 
          'risime': JSON.stringify(disks)
        });
      console.log(disks); // PROPERLY LOGS TO THE CONSOLE
  });
});

In the hbs, I am trying to capture it, but I don't even think that it is JSON.

Here is how it gets logged in the client side:

[{"_id":"5704630a7d4cd367f8dsdce7","name":"Seagate",:"This awesome Hard disk",","categories":["SDD","256GB"]}]

What is the issue and how do I resolve it?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 183

Answers (2)

Roman
Roman

Reputation: 6428

It's handlebars that "html escapes" your string (which is what you normally want).

if you don't want that, you can use the "triple-stash" notation, like this:

{{{risime}}}

You can read about this here: http://handlebarsjs.com/#html-escaping

Upvotes: 1

iblancasa
iblancasa

Reputation: 364

I think you need to add this before render:

res.type('application/json');

The client will know this is a JSON, not a HTML or a plain text and it will be shown correctly.

I hope my answer will help you.

Upvotes: 0

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