Failed to compile error

[Antwana]

I am getting a failed to compile error when trying to connect the database to the frontend in react. I have tried importing from server.js and index.js. Below is the complete error.

./src/server.js
Module not found: You attempted to import ../db/connection which falls outside of the project src/ directory. Relative imports outside of src/ are not supported. You can either move it inside src/, or add a symlink to it from project's node_modules/.

index.js

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import './index.css';
import App from './components/App/App.js';
import registerServiceWorker from './registerServiceWorker';
import axios from 'axios'
// import mongoose from './server.js'
// import mongoose from '../db/connection.js'

var express = require("express");
// var mongoose= require("../db/connection.js");

ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));
registerServiceWorker();

var app     = express();
var Post = mongoose.model("Post");



app.get("/api/posts", function(req, res){
  Post.find({}).then(function(posts){
    res.json(posts)
  });
});

app.get("/api/posts/:name", function(req, res){
  Post.findOne({name: req.params.name}).then(function(post){
    res.json(post)
  });
});

server.js

// ‘use strict’

var express = require(`express`);
// var mongoose = require(`mongoose`);
var bodyParser = require(`body-parser`);
var mongoose= require("../db/connection");

var app = express();
var router = express.Router();


var port = process.env.API_PORT || 3001;

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

// router.get(‘/’, function(req, res) {
//  res.json({ message: ‘API Initialized!’});
// });

// app.use(‘/api’, router);



app.listen(port, function() {
 console.log(`api running on port ${port}`);
});

[superbuggy]

I would do as it recommends and move the db folder inside of src. In place of data.js [https://medium.com/@bryantheastronaut/react-getting-started-the-mern-stack-tutorial-feat-es6-de1a2886be50](from the MERN tutorial) you will have your db folder.

[Antwana]

When I place the db directory into the src directory it won’t let me seed the database. And I also get another error referencing my connection.js file saying that mongoose.model is not a function.

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On Jul 19, 2017, at 10:12 AM, James Reichard ***@***.***> wrote: I would do as it recommends and move the db folder inside of src. In place of data.js [https://medium.com/](from the MERN tutorial) you will have your db folder. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#528 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AWKtQmvjm3E3SPxxpzPv_tecNZAwxxozks5sPg7mgaJpZM4OcxIj>.

[nayana487]

have you changed the file paths after moving your folder around?

[superbuggy]

It had to do with create-react-app treating the express app as a react view.