Overview The CustomPlan model stores customer submissions for custom website plans. It captures customer information, selected features, and pricing details for custom website configurations.
Schema Definition The CustomPlan schema is defined using Mongoose and includes the following structure:
import mongoose from 'mongoose' ; const customPlanSchema = new mongoose . Schema ({ name: { type: String , required: true }, email: { type: String , required: true }, phone: { type: String , required: true }, companyName: { type: String , required: false }, websiteType: { type: String , required: true }, features: [{ id: String , name: String , price: Number , category: String }], totalPrice: { type: Number , required: true }, date: { type: Date , default: Date . now } });
Schema Fields Customer’s email address for communication
Optional company name if the plan is for a business
Type of website being requested (e.g., “E-commerce”, “Portfolio”, “Business”)
Array of selected features for the custom plan. Each feature object contains: Show Feature Object Structure
Unique identifier for the feature
Display name of the feature
Price of the individual feature in Rands
Category the feature belongs to (e.g., “Design”, “Functionality”, “SEO”)
Total price of all selected features combined (in Rands)
Timestamp when the plan was submitted. Automatically set to current date/time if not provided
Example Document { "_id" : "65f8a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0" , "name" : "John Smith" , "email" : "[email protected] " , "phone" : "+27 11 123 4567" , "companyName" : "Smith Enterprises" , "websiteType" : "E-commerce" , "features" : [ { "id" : "feat_001" , "name" : "Custom Design" , "price" : 5000 , "category" : "Design" }, { "id" : "feat_002" , "name" : "Shopping Cart" , "price" : 3000 , "category" : "Functionality" }, { "id" : "feat_003" , "name" : "SEO Optimization" , "price" : 2000 , "category" : "SEO" } ], "totalPrice" : 10000 , "date" : "2024-03-15T10:30:00.000Z" , "__v" : 0 }
Usage in API The CustomPlan model is primarily used in the /api/custom-plan endpoint:
Creating a Custom Plan import CustomPlan from '../server/models/CustomPlan.js' ; // Create a new custom plan const customPlan = new CustomPlan ({ name: req . body . name , email: req . body . email , phone: req . body . phone , companyName: req . body . companyName , websiteType: req . body . websiteType , features: req . body . features , totalPrice: req . body . totalPrice , date: new Date () }); // Save to database const savedPlan = await customPlan . save ();
Request Example curl -X POST https://api.devaurva.com/api/custom-plan \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "name": "John Smith", "email": "[email protected] ", "phone": "+27 11 123 4567", "companyName": "Smith Enterprises", "websiteType": "E-commerce", "features": [ { "id": "feat_001", "name": "Custom Design", "price": 5000, "category": "Design" }, { "id": "feat_002", "name": "Shopping Cart", "price": 3000, "category": "Functionality" } ], "totalPrice": 8000 }'
Model Location Source file: /server/models/CustomPlan.js
Notes
The model uses Mongoose’s mongoose.models.CustomPlan check to prevent model recompilation in serverless environments
When a custom plan is submitted, an email notification is automatically sent to the configured recipient
The companyName field is optional, allowing both individual and business submissions
All prices are stored in South African Rands (R)
The features array allows unlimited feature selections