Deleting a Review
Explore how to delete movie reviews in a Go API integrated with MongoDB. Learn to set up controllers and routes for the DELETE request, ensure user authentication, and verify database changes. This lesson helps you manage review data effectively and securely through practical API implementation.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
Setting up the controller
Imagine that after writing a review, the user changes their mind. The ability to delete their review would be beneficial if they made a mistake or decided they no longer wanted the review to be public. All we’d need is a command that searches for reviews matching the review_id and deletes them from the database. It’s that easy!
/ Delete a reviewfunc DeleteReview() gin.HandlerFunc {return func(c *gin.Context) {ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)reviewId := c.Param("review_id")defer cancel()i,erro:= strconv.Atoi(reviewId)if erro != nil {// Handle error}result, err := reviewCollection.DeleteOne(ctx, bson.M{"review_id": i})if err != nil {c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"Status": http.StatusInternalServerError,"Message": "error","Data": map[string]interface{}{"data": err.Error()}})return}if result.DeletedCount < 1 {c.JSON(http.StatusNotFound,gin.H{" Status": http.StatusNotFound," Message": "error"," Data": map[string]interface{}{"data": "Review with specified ID not found!"}},)return}c.JSON(http.StatusOK,gin.H{"Status": http.StatusOK,"Message": "success","Data": map[string]interface{}{"data": "Your review was successfully deleted!"}},)}}
The reviewControllers.go file
Setting up the router
Following that, we must create the route required to communicate with this controller. This will be a ...