MongoDB and Mongoose - Install and Set Up Mongoose TIMEOUT OCCURRED

[danishmithani]

Link to Challenge : https://learn.freecodecamp.org/apis-and-microservices/mongodb-and-mongoose/install-and-set-up-mongoose Required to pass challenge : "mongoose" should be connected to a database "mongodb" dependency should be in package.json "mongoose" dependency should be in package.json

NOTE : With the help of the following code, i was able to complete some part of challenge, only part which remaining is "mongoose" should be connected to a database

Link : https://impossible-sale.glitch.me

Server.js

var express = require('express');
var app = express();

var fs = require('fs');
var path = require('path');
var bodyParser = require('body-parser');
var router = express.Router();
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGO_URI, { useNewUrlParser: true });

var enableCORS = function(req, res, next) {
  if (!process.env.DISABLE_XORIGIN) {
    var allowedOrigins = ['https://marsh-glazer.gomix.me','https://narrow-plane.gomix.me', 'https://www.freecodecamp.com'];
    var origin = req.headers.origin;
    if(!process.env.XORIGIN_RESTRICT || allowedOrigins.indexOf(origin) > -1) {
      console.log(req.method);
      res.set({
        "Access-Control-Allow-Origin" : origin,
        "Access-Control-Allow-Methods" : "GET, POST, OPTIONS",
        "Access-Control-Allow-Headers" : "Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept"
      });
    }
  }
  next();
};

// global setting for safety timeouts to handle possible
// wrong callbacks that will never be called
var timeout = 10000;

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: 'false'}));
app.use(bodyParser.json());

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, 'views', 'index.html'));
});

router.get('/file/*?', function(req, res, next) {
  if(req.params[0] === '.env') { return next({status: 401, message: 'ACCESS DENIED'}) }
  fs.readFile(path.join(__dirname, req.params[0]), function(err, data){
    if(err) { return next(err) }
    res.type('txt').send(data.toString());
  });
});

app.use('/_api', enableCORS, router);

var listener = app.listen(process.env.PORT || 3000 , function () {
  console.log('Your app is listening on port ' + listener.address().port);
});

Package.json

{
  "//1": "describes your app and its dependencies",
  "//2": "https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json",
  "//3": "updating this file will download and update your packages",
  "name": "my-glitch-app",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "What am I about?",
  "main": "server.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node server.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.16.4",
    "mongoose": "^5.4.0",
    "mongodb": "^2.0.0"
  },
  "engines": {
    "node": "8.x"
  },
  "repository": {
    "url": "https://glitch.com/edit/#!/welcome-project"
  },
  "license": "MIT",
  "keywords": [
    "node",
    "glitch",
    "express"
  ]
}

.env :

SECRET=
MADE_WITH=
MONGO_URI=mongodb://XXXXXX:XXXXXX@ds237660.mlab.com:37660/firstproject

please help me as iv got stuck since a week or so, went through alot of other pages but no solution, Thanks in Advance

[mscanza]

Having the same issues for 3 days now, getting pretty hopeless. Were you able to solve the issue?

[Abdellah-web]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qll7WWxd-98

[ejejeokon]

Am having same problem too,
i don't know what to do now.

[ejejeokon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qll7WWxd-98

i have gone through this video done everything in it, but i seems to still have the same problem

[feak-fuzz]

i have the saem problem

[IPKIN9]

Hello, you guys can follow the following instructions,

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/get-started-with-mongodb-atlas/

I managed to complete this challenge thanks to the instructions