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backend/controllers/courseController.js

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const { response } = require("express");
 const Course = require("../model/courseModel");
 const mongoose = require("mongoose");
 
@@ -18,6 +19,26 @@ const showCourse = async (req, res) => {
   });
 };
 
+//get course by name
+const courseByName = async (req, res) => {
+  const { id } = req.params;
+  console.log("getting course from ID: ", id);
+
+  const course = await Course.find({faculty: id.substring(0,4), course_code: id.substring(4,8)}).exec()
+
+
+  if (!course) {
+    return res.status(404).json({ error: "No such Course" });
+  }
+  if(course.length === 0){
+    return res.status(404).json({ error: "No such Course" });
+  }
+  res.status(200).json({
+    course
+  });
+  console.log(course)
+};
+
 //Gets all Courses
 const indexCourse = async (req, res) => {
   console.log("Getting all courses")
@@ -118,7 +139,6 @@ const deleteCourse = async(req,res) =>{
 
 }
 
-
 const updateCourse = async (req,res) => {
   try{
     const {id} = req.params
@@ -139,10 +159,6 @@ const updateCourse = async (req,res) => {
     //Error can be caused by req.body not following the Schema
     return res.status(500).json({ message: "Error Updating course" });
   }
-
-
 }
 
-
-
-module.exports = { showCourse, indexCourse,createCourse,deleteCourse,updateCourse };
+module.exports = { courseByName, showCourse, indexCourse,createCourse,deleteCourse,updateCourse };

backend/package.json

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "proxy":"http://localhost:4000",
   "name": "backend",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "",

backend/routes/courses.js

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 const express = require("express");
 const router = express.Router();
-const { showCourse, indexCourse,createCourse,deleteCourse,updateCourse } = require("../controllers/courseController");
+const { showCourse, indexCourse,createCourse,deleteCourse,updateCourse, courseByName } = require("../controllers/courseController");
 
 //get specified course
+router.get("/course/:id", courseByName)
 router.get("/:id", showCourse);
 router.get("/", indexCourse);
 router.post("",createCourse)

carleton-pathways/package.json

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "proxy":"http://localhost:4000",
   "name": "carleton-pathways",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,