Questionnaire-of-the-Facebook-UI-UX-Website-Alternative-with-Analysis-Function/surveyController.js

// required packages
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var urlencodedParser = bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false });
var fs = require('fs');

// read the data file
function readData(fileName) {
    let dataRead = fs.readFileSync('./data/' + fileName + '.json');
    let infoRead = JSON.parse(dataRead);
    return infoRead;
}

// read the data file
function writeData(info, fileName) {
    data = JSON.stringify(info);
    fs.writeFileSync('./data/' + fileName + '.json', data);
}

// update the data file, I use "name" to be equal to fruit, or animal or color
// to match with the file names
// I assume we always just add 1 to a single item
function combineCounts(name, value) {
    // console.log(value);
    info = readData(name);
    // will be useful for text entry, since the item typed in might not be in the list
    var found = 0;
    for (var i = 0; i < info.length; i++) {
        if (info[i][name] === value) {
            info[i].count = parseInt(info[i].count) + 1;
            found = 1;
        }
    }
    if (found === 0) {
        info.push({
            [name]: value,
            count: 1
        });
    }
    writeData(info, name);
}

// This is the controler per se, with the get/post
module.exports = function(app) {

    // when a user goes to localhost:3000/analysis
    // serve a template (ejs file) which will include the data from the data files
    app.get('/analysis', function(req, res) {
        var firstName = readData("firstName");
        var lastName = readData("lastName");
        var email = readData("email");
        var question1 = readData("question1");
        var question2 = readData("question2");
        var question3 = readData("question3");
        var question4 = readData("question4");
        var question5 = readData("question5");
        var question6 = readData("question6");
        var comments = readData("comments");
        res.render('showResults', { results: [firstName, lastName, email, question1, question2, question3, question4, question5, question6, comments] });
        console.log([firstName, lastName, email, question1, question2, question3, question4, question5, question6, comments]);
    });

    // when a user goes to localhost:3000/niceSurvey
    // serve a static html (the survey itself to fill in)
    app.get('/survey', function(req, res) {
        res.sendFile(__dirname + '/views/index.html');
    });

    // when a user types SUBMIT in localhost:3000/niceSurvey 
    // the action.js code will POST, and what is sent in the POST
    // will be recuperated here, parsed and used to update the data files
    app.post('/survey', urlencodedParser, function(req, res) {
        console.log(req.body);
        var json = req.body;
        for (var key in json) {
            console.log(key + ": " + json[key]);
            // in the case of checkboxes, the user might check more than one
            if ((key === "question4") && (json[key].length === 4)) {
                for (var item in json[key]) {
                    combineCounts(key, json[key][item]);
                }
            } else {
                combineCounts(key, json[key]);
            }
        }
        // mystery line... (if I take it out, the SUBMIT button does change)
        // if anyone can figure this out, let me know!
        res.sendFile(__dirname + "/views/index.html");
    });


};