Server-Side Scripting/Key-Value Databases/Node.js (Express)

routes/lesson11.js

// This program creates and displays a temperature database
// with options to insert, update, and delete records.
//
// References:
//  https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/JavaScript
//  https://zellwk.com/blog/async-await-express/
//  https://www.npmjs.com/package/redis

const express = require("express");
const fs = require("fs");
const handlebars = require('handlebars');
const redis = require("redis")
const router = express.Router();

// Requires a Redis installation to manage the database.
// Use of a Docker container is recommended.
// See https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Docker/Redis .
// If both the Node website and Redis are running in containers, 
// use redis-server for the Redis host address.
// If the Node website and/or Redis are running locally, use localhost
// for the Redis host address.

const HOST = "localhost";

let client = null;

router.get("/", async (request, response) => {
    let result = "";

    try {
        client = redis.createClient({
            url: 'redis://' + HOST
        })
        await client.connect()
        result = await getData();
        await client.disconnect()
        client = null;
    }
    catch(error) {
        result = error;
    }

    let source = fs.readFileSync("./templates/lesson11.html");
    let template = handlebars.compile(source.toString());
    let data = {
        table: result
    }
    result = template(data);
    response.send(result);
});

router.post("/", async (request, response) => {
    let result = "";

    try {
        let country = request.body.country.trim();
        let temperature = request.body.temperature.trim();

        client = redis.createClient({
            url: 'redis://' + HOST
        })
        await client.connect()
        if (!await countryExists(country)) {
            await insertCountry(country, temperature)
        } else if (temperature != "") {
            await updateCountry(country, temperature)
        } else {
            await deleteCountry(country)
        }

        result = await getData();
        await client.disconnect()
        client = null;
    }
    catch(error) {
        result = error;
    }

    let source = fs.readFileSync("./templates/lesson11.html");
    let template = handlebars.compile(source.toString());
    let data = {
        table: result
    }
    result = template(data);
    response.send(result);
});

async function getData() {
    let result = "<table><tr><th>Country</th>";
    result += "<th>Temperature</th></tr>";
    let countries = await getCountries();
    countries.sort();
    for (i = 0; i < countries.length; i++) {
        let country = countries[i];
        let temperature = await getCountry(country);
        result += "<tr><td>" + country + "</td>";
        result += "<td>"+ temperature + "</td></tr>";
    }
    result += "</table>";
    return result;
}

async function getCountries() {
    try {
        keys = await client.keys("*");
        return keys;
    } catch (error) {
        console.log(error);
        return error;
    }
}

async function getCountry(country) {
    try {
        const value = await client.get(country);
        return value;
    } catch (error) {
        console.log(error);
        return error;
    }
}

async function countryExists(country) {
    try {
        const exists = await client.exists(country);
        return exists;
    } catch (error) {
        console.log(error);
        return error;
    }
}

async function insertCountry(country, temperature) {
    try {
        await client.set(country, temperature);
    } catch (error) {
        console.log(error);
        return error;
    }
 }

async function updateCountry(country, temperature) {
    try {
        await client.set(country, temperature);
    } catch (error) {
        console.log(error);
        return error;
    }
}

async function deleteCountry(country) {
    try {
        await client.del(country);
    } catch (error) {
        console.log(error);
        return error;
    }
}

module.exports = router;

templates/lesson11.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Lesson 11</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
</head>

<body>
    <h1>Temperature Data Entry</h1>
    <p>Enter country and temperature. Enter again to update.</p>
    <p>Enter country without temperature to delete.</p>
    <form method="POST">
        <p><label for="country">Country:</label>
            <input type="text" id="country" name="country" required>
        </p>
        <p><label for="stop">Temperature:</label>
            <input type="text" id="temperature" name="temperature">
        </p>
        <p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"></p>
    </form>
    <hr>
    {{{table}}}
</body>

</html>

Try It

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