We will implement a new API on the server to query the database and fetch this list of users the current user is not following.
mern-social/server/routes/user.routes.js:
router.route('/api/users/findpeople/:userId') .get(authCtrl.requireSignin, userCtrl.findPeople)
In the findPeople controller method, we will query the User collection in the database to find the users not in the current user's following list.
mern-social/server/controllers/user.controller.js:
const findPeople = (req, res) => { let following = req.profile.following following.push(req.profile._id) User.find({ _id: { $nin : following } }, (err, users) => { if (err) { return res.status(400).json({ error: errorHandler.getErrorMessage(err) }) } res.json(users) ...
