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function getFreshComments(tabIDToUpdate){

    var tabInnerComments = $("#" + tabIDToUpdate + " .theNote");
    var output;

    $.getJSON("/notesapi/" + tabIDToUpdate, showCommentsGotten);

    function showCommentsGotten(dataFedIn){ //dataFedIn is passed in from the $.getJson function above

        $.each(dataFedIn.todoMessages, (key, item)=>{
            output += item + "<br>";
        });

        var normalComments = output;
        var newComments = normalComments.split(",").join("<br>");

        tabInnerComments.html(newComments);
    }


}


    $('body').on("submit", ".additionalCommentsForTodo", function(evt){

                evt.preventDefault();

                var tabIDToUpdate = $(this).parent().parent().attr("id");
                var commentToInsert = $(".todoCommentBox", this).val();


                console.log(commentToInsert);


                if(commentToInsert !=""){
                    // var commentToInsert = $(".todoCommentBox", this);

                    console.log("//~~~~~~~FRONTEND NOTE:  the ID number for the update is[" + tabIDToUpdate + "] and the message is: " + commentToInsert);

                    $.ajax({
                        type : "PUT",
                        url : "/notesapi/" + tabIDToUpdate,
                        contentType : "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                        data : JSON.stringify({
                            todoMessages : commentToInsert
                        }),
                        success : function(){
                            setTimeout(function(){
                                getFreshComments(tabIDToUpdate);
                            }, 2000)
                        },
                        error : function(XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
                                    if (XMLHttpRequest.readyState == 4) {
                                        console.log("HTTP error (can be checked by XMLHttpRequest.status and XMLHttpRequest.statusText");
                                    }
                                    else if (XMLHttpRequest.readyState == 0) {
                                        console.log("Network error (i.e. connection refused, access denied due to CORS, etc.");
                                    }
                                    else {
                                        console.log("something weird is happening");
                                    }
                                }
                    }); //ajax end
                }


    });

app.put("/notesapi/:tabID", (request, response) => {

    //mongoose.connect(databaseLoc);

    var idNum = request.params.tabID;
    var newIdNumber = idNum.trim();

    //~~~~~~~~These are the default params for findOneAndUpdate commented out below
    //Model.findOneAndUpdate([conditions], [update], [options], [callback])

    NotesModel.update({_id:newIdNumber},{$push : { todoMessages : request.body.todoMessages } }, (error,data)=>{
        if(error){
            console.log("error in deleting yo!");
            throw error;
        } else {
            console.log("//~~~~~~~BACKEND NOTE: data has been UPDATED ~~~//");
            //mongoose.connection.close();
            //response.status(204);
            response.json(data);
            console.log("//~~~~~~~BACKEND NOTE(2):  the ID number for the update is[ --> " + newIdNumber + " <-- ]");
            console.log("//~~~~~~~BACKEND NOTE(3):  the message to upload is[" + request.body.todoMessages +"]");
        }
    });

});