able to write to the db

models/Course.js

@@ -1,74 +1,28 @@
 var mongoose = require('mongoose');
+var secrets = require('../config/secrets');
 var bcrypt = require('bcrypt-nodejs');
 var crypto = require('crypto');
+var courses = require('../seed_data/courses.json');
 
-var userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
-    email: { type: String, unique: true, lowercase: true },
-    password: String,
+console.log(courses);
 
-    twitter: String,
-    instagram: String,
-    tokens: Array,
-
-    profile: {
-        name: { type: String, default: '' },
-        gender: { type: String, default: '' },
-        location: { type: String, default: '' },
-        website: { type: String, default: '' },
-        picture: { type: String, default: '' }
-    },
-
-    resetPasswordToken: String,
-    resetPasswordExpires: Date
+var courseSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
+    name: { type: String, unique: true },
+    link: String,
+    image: String,
+    time: Number,
+    directions_1: String,
+    directions_2: String,
+    directions_3: String,
 });
 
-/**
- * Hash the password for security.
- * "Pre" is a Mongoose middleware that executes before each user.save() call.
- */
+var Courses = module.exports = mongoose.model('Course', courseSchema);
 
-userSchema.pre('save', function(next) {
-    var user = this;
-
-    if (!user.isModified('password')) return next();
-
-    bcrypt.genSalt(5, function(err, salt) {
-        if (err) return next(err);
-
-        bcrypt.hash(user.password, salt, null, function(err, hash) {
-            if (err) return next(err);
-            user.password = hash;
-            next();
-        });
+if (require.main === module) {
+    mongoose.connect(secrets.db);
+    Courses.create(courses, function(err, data) {
+        if (err) console.log(err);
+        else console.log('Saved ', data );
+        process.exit(0);
     });
-});
-
-/**
- * Validate user's password.
- * Used by Passport-Local Strategy for password validation.
- */
-
-userSchema.methods.comparePassword = function(candidatePassword, cb) {
-    bcrypt.compare(candidatePassword, this.password, function(err, isMatch) {
-        if (err) return cb(err);
-        cb(null, isMatch);
-    });
-};
-
-/**
- * Get URL to a user's gravatar.
- * Used in Navbar and Account Management page.
- */
-
-userSchema.methods.gravatar = function(size) {
-    if (!size) size = 200;
-
-    if (!this.email) {
-        return 'https://gravatar.com/avatar/?s=' + size + '&d=retro';
-    }
-
-    var md5 = crypto.createHash('md5').update(this.email).digest('hex');
-    return 'https://gravatar.com/avatar/' + md5 + '?s=' + size + '&d=retro';
-};
-
-module.exports = mongoose.model('User', userSchema);
+}