import mongoose from 'mongoose'; import User from '../models/User.js'; // more about response status codes ---> https://restapitutorial.com/httpstatuscodes.html export async function getAllUsers(request, response, next) { try { const allUsers = await User.find(); // finds all in 'users' collection response.status(200).json(allUsers); } catch (error) { console.log(error); response.status(500).json(error); } } export const createNewUser = async (request, response, next) => { try { let newUser = new User({ _id: mongoose.Types.ObjectId(), // _id is set by default, (you can remove this line) name: request.body.userName, // userName === name used on client side }); const savedUser = await newUser.save(); response.status(201).json(savedUser); } catch (error) { console.log(error); response.status(500).json(error); } };