In order to retrieve specific lists of media from the database, we need to set up relevant APIs on the server. For popular media, we will set up a route that receives a GET request at /api/media/popular.
mern-mediastream/server/routes/media.routes.js:
router.route('/api/media/popular') .get(mediaCtrl.listPopular)
The listPopular controller method will query the Media collection to retrieve ten media documents that have the highest views in the whole collection.
mern-mediastream/server/controllers/media.controller.js:
const listPopular = (req, res) => { Media.find({}).limit(10) .populate('postedBy', '_id name') .sort('-views') .exec((err, posts) => { if (err) { return res.status(400).json({ error: errorHandler.getErrorMessage(err) ...
