Inserting a record from a mongoose model.statics function - mongodb

Question

I want to create a static function on a mongoose "log" module, which would allow me to write a message as a log entry.
How do I access the model from within the static function? Can I use this.model like below? I don't want to simply use native MongoDB insert command, because I want the model to validate the input, etc.
// ... schema defined above...
var Log = mongoose.model('Log', LogModelSchema)
Log.statics.log = function(message) {
var x = new this.model({message: message})
x.save()
.then(() => { .. do something .. }
.catch((err) => { .. handle err .. }
}
Is this the way it's supposed to be done?

Answer 1

You can make it work like this using this.create:
const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const logSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
message: String
});
logSchema.statics.log = function(message) {
this.create({ message: message })
.then(doc => console.log(doc))
.catch(err => console.log(err));
};
module.exports = mongoose.model("Log", logSchema);
Now you can use this in your routes like this:
Log.log("test");
or just return promise from statics:
logSchema.statics.log = function(message) {
return this.create({ message: message });
};
And use like this:
const Log = require("../models/log");
router.get("/log", (req, res) => {
Log.log("test")
.then(result => {
console.log(result);
res.send("ok");
})
.catch(err => {
console.log(err);
res.status(500).send("not ok");
});
});