How to Delete Comment from Post on Node, express and Mongoose and Ajax

To delete a comment from a post using Node, Express, Mongoose, and Ajax, you can follow these steps:

  1. Frontend: Send Ajax Request
  2. In the frontend, create an Ajax request to the server to delete the comment.

  3. Use the DELETE method and specify the comment id in the request URL.

  4. Backend: Route Setup

  5. Set up a route in the Express application to handle the delete request.

  6. Use the app.delete() method to define the route for deleting the comment.

  7. Backend: Controller Logic

  8. In the controller, extract the comment id from the request parameters.

  9. Use Mongoose to find the comment by its id and remove it from the database.

  10. Backend: Error Handling

  11. Implement error handling to deal with cases where the comment id is not found or the deletion operation encounters an error.

  12. Return appropriate error responses to the frontend.

  13. Frontend: Update UI

  14. Handle the response from the server in the frontend.
  15. Update the UI to reflect the successful deletion of the comment.

By following these steps, you can implement the functionality to delete a comment from a post using Node, Express, Mongoose, and Ajax.