Play Framework - Beginner Tutorial - Make a post request and save the form data in Mongodb

harrylaou 03 Oct 2016

playframework scala mongodb

Before the tutorial

You should :

read - Play Documentation : ScalaActions - Play Documentation : ScalaForms - Play Documentation : ScalaJsonAutomated
have basic understanding of scala future transformation (map, flatMap)
have basic understanding of scala implicits - clone play2.5-skeleton-compileDI .

This example uses compile-time dependency injection . You can use run-time DI if you feel confident about it. - download and install mongodb (brew install mongo for mac or check the video) - download and install mongochef

You should be able to :

create a compile-time DI play project
create a form in a play template
understand that a simple post in play requires two endpoints. - one to serve the form - one to handle the post request
create a model class
map a play Form to a case class
mapping
save a case class in Mongo DB

Be careful: we are using play2-reactivemongo plugin and not reactivemongo driver

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