Questionnaire-of-the-Facebo.../surveyController.js

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// 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 color = readData("color");
var fruit = readData("fruit");
var animal = readData("animal");
res.render('showResults', {results: [color, fruit, animal]});
console.log([color, fruit, animal]);
});
// when a user goes to localhost:3000/niceSurvey
// serve a static html (the survey itself to fill in)
app.get('/niceSurvey', function(req, res){
res.sendFile(__dirname+'/views/niceSurvey.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('/niceSurvey', 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 === "color") && (json[key].length === 2)){
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/niceSurvey.html");
});
};