AngularJS to Mongoose params on queries - angularjs

Question

I'm using the mean stack and I can´t figure out how to pass params to mongoose query from the angular controller.
From the mean stack (https://github.com/meanjs/mean) example, we have:
On the server side
an article model
/**
* Article Schema
*/
var ArticleSchema = new Schema({
created: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now
},
title: {
type: String,
default: '',
trim: true,
required: 'Title cannot be blank'
},
content: {
type: String,
default: '',
trim: true
},
user: {
type: Schema.ObjectId,
ref: 'User'
}
});
mongoose.model('Article', ArticleSchema);
an article controller with a function to obtain a list of all articles and another function to obtain an article by Id
/**
* List of Articles
*/
exports.list = function(req, res) {
Article.find().sort('-created').populate('user', 'displayName').exec(function(err, articles) {
if (err) {
return res.status(400).send({
message: errorHandler.getErrorMessage(err)
});
} else {
res.json(articles);
}
});
};
/**
* Article middleware
*/
exports.articleByID = function(req, res, next, id) {
Article.findById(id).populate('user', 'displayName').exec(function(err, article) {
if (err) return next(err);
if (!article) return next(new Error('Failed to load article ' + id));
req.article = article;
next();
});
};
and the articles routes
/**
* Module dependencies.
*/
var users = require('../../app/controllers/users.server.controller'),
articles = require('../../app/controllers/articles.server.controller');
module.exports = function(app) {
// Article Routes
app.route('/articles')
.get(articles.list)
.post(users.requiresLogin, articles.create);
app.route('/articles/:articleId')
.get(articles.read)
.put(users.requiresLogin, articles.hasAuthorization, articles.update)
.delete(users.requiresLogin, articles.hasAuthorization, articles.delete);
// Finish by binding the article middleware
app.param('articleId', articles.articleByID);
};
on the client side
we have an articles module with a routes config file
// Setting up route
angular.module('articles').config(['$stateProvider',
function($stateProvider) {
// Articles state routing
$stateProvider.
state('listArticles', {
url: '/articles',
templateUrl: 'modules/articles/views/list-articles.client.view.html'
}).
state('viewArticle', {
url: '/articles/:articleId',
templateUrl: 'modules/articles/views/view-article.client.view.html'
});
}
]);
an articles controller
angular.module('articles').controller('ArticlesController', ['$scope', '$stateParams', '$location', 'Authentication', 'Articles',
function($scope, $stateParams, $location, Authentication, Articles) {
$scope.authentication = Authentication;
$scope.find = function() {
$scope.articles = Articles.query();
};
$scope.findOne = function() {
$scope.article = Articles.get({
articleId: $stateParams.articleId
});
};
}
]);
and a list view
<section data-ng-controller="ArticlesController" data-ng-init="find()">
<div class="page-header">
<h1>Articles</h1>
</div>
<div class="list-group">
<a data-ng-repeat="article in articles" data-ng-href="#!/articles/{{article._id}}" class="list-group-item">
<small class="list-group-item-text">
Posted on
<span data-ng-bind="article.created | date:'mediumDate'"></span>
by
<span data-ng-bind="article.user.displayName"></span>
</small>
<h4 class="list-group-item-heading" data-ng-bind="article.title"></h4>
<p class="list-group-item-text" data-ng-bind="article.content"></p>
</a>
</div>
<div class="alert alert-warning text-center" data-ng-if="articles.$resolved && !articles.length">
No articles yet, why don't you create one?
</div>
My question is:
If I want to find all the article of a user, how can I pass a variable param to the find() function in the angular view?
I thought that the Articles.query() in the angular controller works as a mongodb or mongoose command, but I wasn't able to implement it.

Answer 1

Pass an object in query() method and it will be sent to server as query variables. In server use req.query to get those variables:
Client:
$scope.articles = Articles.query({user: 'user_id'});
Server:
Article.find({user: req.query.user}).sort('-created').populate('user', 'displayName').