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dylan kane
2,772 PointsWhats the best way to make a working search bar with my mongo db?
I am creating a web app where I have a database of games, and I need to have a search bar that a user can type a game name into, and it will get pulled from the database with all the information. I'm not sure what is a good way to go about doing this, and btw for some background info, i am using meteor so perhaps that will help narrow down the answer. I am willing to learn how to code this myself but I just want to make sure there isn't a better way to do this. I'm pretty new to the database field, so this all seems very confusing, any help would be great!
1 Answer
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherDylan;
It really should not matter what database you are using if you separate your technology appropriately. Typically you would generate a RESTful API that "talks" to whatever database you are using and returns the results. Then your front-end would be making the necessary requests (AJAX perhaps?) to the API.
By doing things in this fashion your application becomes more manageable and maintainable in the long run. As an example, if you decide to use something other than Meteor for the "front-end" your API wouldn't have to be changed. This is a common model for applications.
In terms of how you get your search box to dynamically fill itself out depending on what is being entered, there are jQuery and/or Javascript implementations for that. Like I said, those should be designed in a database independent fashion so that it doesn't matter if you are using MongoDB, documentDB, MySQL, or Redis, for example.
Hope that helps and happy coding,
Ken
dylan kane
2,772 PointsSo if I were to hook restful api up to my project, would the user be able to interact with that and then it would pull data from the database?
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherDylan;
Just setting up a RESTful API will not get the functionality you want necessarily, but it would be one option for getting you headed in that direction.
Ken
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsJason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsSorry Dylan,
I haven't worked with MongoDB before, so I'm not able to help here.