Restangular POST a Mongoose Embedded Document - angularjs

Question

I am having trouble using Restangular to update an existing document (products) within my Mongodb database with a new object reviews. So far I am able to add a review to the front-end with no issues, but I am having trouble posting the review details to my database. Currently when I submit a new review my code creates a new key within my products collection, but does not save the details of the review. How would I push the review to the server? Please let me know if I need to provide any additional details, or clarifications. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Sample JSON of a product
{"_id":"xxxxx","name":"Product 1","description":"Product 1 Description","price":"1299.99","createdOn":"143767117903", "reviews":[{}]}
After adding a review this what my JSON output of my new review
{"__v":0,"_id":"xxxxxx"}
This is what I am expecting to see within my JSON output
{"__v":0,"_id":"xxxxxx","stars":4,"body":"Test review","author":"example#domain.com","createdOn":143767117903}
Project details
I used the Yeoman angular generator so I have a server and a client directories. I am using MongoDB, MongooseJS,ExpressJS, AngularJS, and NodeJS. As far as I know my server routes for my products are working as I am able to view all products, add a product, view a product (include any reviews associated with the product), and at least add a blank review.
I have a products schema that includes an Embedded Document to a reviews schema.
Products Schema
/**
* Schema for Products
*/
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
var productSchema = new Schema({
name: {
type: String,
require: true,
},
description: {
type: String,
require: true,
},
shine: {
type: Number,
require: true,
},
price: {
type: Number,
require: true,
},
rarity: {
type: Number,
require: true,
},
color: {
type: String,
require: true,
},
faces: {
type: Number,
require: true,
},
images: {},
reviews: [{type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Review'}],
createdOn: {
type: Date
}
});
var Product = mongoose.model('Product', productSchema);
module.exports = Product;
Reviews schema
/**
* Schema for Product Reviews
*/
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
var reviewSchema = new Schema({
stars: {
type: Number
},
review: {
type: String
},
author: {
type: String
},
createdOn: {
type: Date
}
});
var Review = mongoose.model('Review', reviewSchema);
module.exports = Review;
Products Reviews Controller
(function() {
'use strict';
/**
* #ngdoc function
* #name gemStoreApp.controller:ReviewCtrl
* #description
* # ReviewCtrl
* Controller of the gemStoreApp
*/
angular.module('gemStoreApp')
.controller("ReviewCtrl", ['$scope', 'Restangular', 'productsService', function ($scope, Restangular, productsService) {
this.review();
this.addReview = function(product){
this.review.createdOn = Date.now();
var productReview = Restangular.all('/products/' + product._id + '/reviews');
productReview.post(product).then(function(newResource){
});
};
})();
Products Service
(function() {
'use strict';
/**
* #ngdoc service
* #name gemStoreApp.productService
* #description
* # productService
*/
angular.module('gemStoreApp.productService',['ngResource'])
.factory('productsService', function($resource) {
return $resource('/products/:id', {id:'#id'},{
'update': { method: 'PUT'}
});
});
})();

Answer 1

The solution which was provided by a co-worker is to edit the server routes for my product/reviews routed.
updated products review controller
angular.module('gemStoreApp')
.controller('ReviewCtrl', ["$scope, ,'$resource', '$Restangular', 'productsService', function ($scope, $resource, Restangular, productsService) {
this.review = {};
this.addReview = function(product){
this.review.createdOn = Date.now();
var productReview = Restangular.all('/products/' + product._id + '/reviews');
var updatedProduct = product;
productReview.post(this.review).then(function(newResource){
product.reviews.push(newResource);
});
this.review = {};
};
}]);
updated reviews route
...
router.post('/:product/reviews', function (req, res, next) {
var time = moment().formated('MMMM Do YYYY, h:mm:ss a');
var body = req.review;
var review = new Review(req.body);
review.product = req.product
review.save(function (err, review){
if (err) {return next(err);}
req.product.reviews.push(review);
req.products.save(function (err, product) {
if (err) {return next(err);}
res.json(review);
res.status(201).json({
'message': review.review + 'created'
});
});
});
...
I will also post the direct URL to the files on my GitHub project once I commit my changes.