added populate method

Author: TildaDares

app.js

@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ app.use(helmet());
 
 //Set up mongoose connection
 var mongoose = require("mongoose");
-var mongoDB =
+var dev_db_url =
   "mongodb+srv://beautifulchaos:[email protected]/inventory?retryWrites=true&w=majority";
+var mongoDB = process.env.MONGODB_URI || dev_db_url;
 mongoose.connect(mongoDB, { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true });
 var db = mongoose.connection;
 db.on("error", console.error.bind(console, "MongoDB connection error:"));

controllers/itemController.js

@@ -255,18 +255,20 @@ exports.item_delete_get = function (req, res, next) {
 };
 
 exports.item_delete_post = function (req, res, next) {
-  Item.findById(req.params.id).exec(function (err, result) {
-    if (err) return next(err);
+  Item.findById(req.params.id)
+    .populate("brand category")
+    .exec(function (err, result) {
+      if (err) return next(err);
 
-    if (req.body.name === result.name) {
-      Item.findByIdAndDelete(req.params.id, function (err) {
-        if (err) return next(err);
+      if (req.body.name === result.name) {
+        Item.findByIdAndDelete(req.params.id, function (err) {
+          if (err) return next(err);
 
-        res.redirect("/items");
-      });
-      return;
-    }
-    
-    res.render("item_delete", { item: result, error: "Name does not match" });
-  });
+          res.redirect("/items");
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+
+      res.render("item_delete", { item: result, error: "Name does not match" });
+    });
 };