Add function to read in data to the database

schedules/models/Semester.js

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ var semesterSchema = new Schema({
       session_templates: [
         {
           date_range: { type: String, required: true },
-          days: { type: String, required: true },
-          time: { type: String, required: true },
+          days: { type: String },
+          time: { type: String },
           location: { type: String, required: true },
           class_type: { type: String, required: true },
           instructors: { type: String, required: true },

schedules/setup/populateDB.js

 // grab the things we need
 var mongoose = require('mongoose');
 var Semester = require('../models/Semester');
+var fs = require("fs");
+
+//////
+// DATA FILES HERE - TODO: Make this programmatic instead of hard coded
+//////
+var datafiles = [
+  'GMU2016F.min.json',
+  'GMU2016S.min.json'
+]
 
 var populateDB = function() {
   emptySemesters(); // NOTE: this is an asynchronous call
+  for (var i = 0; i < datafiles.length; i++) {
+    var datafile = datafiles[i];
+    var semester = new Semester(JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("./setup/dataFiles/" + datafile)));
+    semester.save(function(err) {
+      if (err) { console.error('Database Error!', err) }
+      else {console.log("write successful");}
+    })
+  }
 }
 
 // Empty collections