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Omorhefere imoloame
Omorhefere imoloame

Reputation: 33

How can I redirect to another page after I post data to my database?

I have a form and I'm inserting information into the database. That part works perfectly fine but how do I redirect to another page after that?

app.post('/create', function (req, res) {
        Room.findOne({'name' :req.body.name}, function(err,room){
            if(err){
                return done(err);
            }

            if(room){
                return done(null,false,req.flash('this room name is taken'));
            }else{
                var newRoom = new Room();
                newRoom.name = req.body.name;
                newRoom.topic = req.body.topic;
                newRoom.participants = req.body.participants;
                newRoom.type = req.body.type;
            }
            newRoom.save(function(err){
                if (err){
                    throw err;
                }
                redirect: '/home';
            })

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2732

Answers (3)

SunDontShine
SunDontShine

Reputation: 158

Reference here to review http.Response API for nodejs. response.writeHead(statusCode[, statusMessage][, headers])

replace this line

redirect: '/home';

with the following

res.writeHead(302,{
            'Location':'/path',
        });
        res.end();

The status code for redirecting is 3xx level, 302 in the example is for 'found' The 'Location' header will give the path to redirect to

If written in Express, reference here and use 

res.redirect([statusCode,] '/path')

if optional status code is not explicitly expressed, it will be 302 'found' by default

Upvotes: 2

Yves Kipondo
Yves Kipondo

Reputation: 5603

res.redirect(pathnam)

by default it will sends the 302 status code, or you can pass the status code as the first parameter

res.redirect(301, pathname)

Upvotes: 0

danielfeelfine
danielfeelfine

Reputation: 1874

With Express you can use res.redirect() method. For full documentation click here.

In your case, replace:

redirect: '/home';

With the following:

res.redirect(301, '/home');

Upvotes: 2

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