Simple delete request with Postman not working

enfant terrible

Hi guys,

Have a simple phonebook app created with node.js, express, mongo db and mongoose.

Get and Post requests and working fine, Post requests are stored on the Mongo database.

Delete requests are not working however, get a 404 not found status on postman.

I think I'm not referencing the id of the entry I want to delete properly.

Also tried using findOneAndDelete({_id: req.params.id}) but that didn't work either.

When I copy one of my entries from my database these are the details.

{"_id":{"$oid":"6169f8bc950d87ffe2f6f033"},"name":"nick","number":"087-26387784","__v":{"$numberInt":"0"}}

Any help appreciated

Code pasted below

routes/api.js

const express = require('express');

const router = express.Router();

const Entry = require('../models/entry');

router.get('/api/entries', (req, res, next) => {

    Entry.find({}).then(entries => {

      res.json(entries)

      console.log(entries)

    })

  }) 

// add now entry to db

router.post('/api/entries', function(req, res, next){

    Entry.create(req.body).then(function(entry){

        res.send(entry);

    }).catch(next);

});

router.delete('api/entries/:id', function(req, res, next){

    Entry.findByIdAndRemove({_id: req.params.id}).then(function(entry){}).res.send(entry);

    });

module.exports = router;

JoyPad

Error 404 means your path is wrong.

Add a forward-slash in front of api here: router.delete('api/entries/:id',...