I am using mongodb for my application and i am facing a problem like a field is accepting duplicate values as well which i dont want
I want to know how to restrict it
I have followed an approach by specifying unique :true for a field quesListName
var mongoose = require('mongoose'),
Schema = mongoose.Schema;
var QuestionListSchema = new Schema({
topicName: String,
quesList: {
quesListName: {
type: String,
unique: true
},
by: String
}
});
but still it is accepting the duplicate value
Any help is highly appreciated
You need to define the unique for the index:
var QuestionListSchema = new Schema({
topicName: String,
quesList: {
quesListName: {
type: String,
index: {
unique: true
}
},
by: String
}
});
http://mongoosejs.com/docs/api.html#schematype_SchemaType-index
Related
I'm new to MongoDB and I know this might sound silly to many but is there a way(s) where you can create multiple documents from an array of values. I have written some code for this, but is there any other efficient/shorter way of doing that.
tags.map(async tag => {
const tagDoc = await TagModel.create({ tag, postID })
})
Tag Schema -
const tagSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
postID: [{
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "Post",
}],
tag: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
}, { timestamps: true })
Case 1 : Storing Tags in Same Collection
in mysql you have to store tags in different table , but in mongodb you can use same collection to store tags as array of string
in your post schema :
const postSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
...
tags: {
type: [String],
required: true,
}
});
when saving post =>
let post = new Post();
...
post.tags = req.body.tags; // ["Tag1","hello","Testing"];
await post.save();
Case 2 : Storing Tags in Different Collection
if you want to store tags in different collection Tag , then you can use Mongoose InsertMany()
let tags = req.body.tags ; // ["Tag1","hello","Testing"];
tagsArray = tags.map((t)=> { return {postID:post._id , tag:t}});
let tagsSaved = await Tag.insertMany(tagsArray);
console.log('tagsSaved=',tagsSaved);
I am using mongodb with mongoose. And i am wondering if it is possible to have multiple references for an object id attribute in a schema.
I have tried the code underneath and it did not work.
const Schema = new Schema({
refrens: {
type: ObjectId,
// this did not work
ref: [
"Post",
"Account"
],
required: true
}
});
I know it is possible to remove the ref attribute (field, key) and then all object ids are valid but i want certain object ids to be valid, the object ids of the Post and Account model.
const Schema = new Schema({
refrens: {
// This will allow all different types of object ids to be the value
type: ObjectId,
required: true
}
});
Look like refPath is what you need. You can do something like this:
const Schema = new Schema({
refrens: {
type: ObjectId,
refPath: 'onModel',
required: true
},
onModel: {
type: String,
required: true,
enum: ['Post', 'Account']
}
});
Is it possible in Mongoose, to define authorized values for a specific field ?
For example my field "style", would only be allowed to be set to "jazz", "blues" or "rock"
var artistSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
style: {
type: String
// only allow values "jazz", "blues", "rock"
}
});
First of all you are talking about mongoose schema types (String).
You have to know that it is possible to add some options when defining a schema type (options).
According to what you want to do, the option enum seems to be a good choice.
Ps: enum is a built-in validator, what is a validator?
Example from the documentation
var states = 'opening open closing closed'.split(' ')
var s = new Schema({ state: { type: String, enum: states }})
Your case
const CONSTANT_GOOD_VALUES = ['jazz', 'blues', 'rock'];
var artistSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
style: {
type: String
enum: CONSTANT_GOOD_VALUES,
},
});
Try this :-
var artistSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
status: {
type: String,
enum : ['jaz,'blues','rock']
},
});
so I've been at it for like 4 hours, read the documentation several times, and still couldn't figure out my problem. I'm trying to do a simple populate() to my model.
I have a User model and Store model. The User has a favoriteStores array which contains the _id of stores. What I'm looking for is that this array will be populated with the Store details.
user.model
var mongoose = require('mongoose'),
Schema = mongoose.Schema;
var UserSchema = new Schema({
username: String,
name: {first: String, last: String},
favoriteStores: [{type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Store'}],
modifiedOn: {type: Date, default: Date.now},
createdOn: Date,
lastLogin: Date
});
UserSchema.statics.getFavoriteStores = function (userId, callback) {
this
.findById(userId)
.populate('favoriteStores')
.exec(function (err, stores) {
callback(err, stores);
});
}
And another file:
store.model
var mongoose = require('mongoose'),
Schema = mongoose.Schema;
var StoreSchema = new Schema({
name: String,
route: String,
tagline: String,
logo: String
});
module.exports = mongoose.model('Store', StoreSchema);
After running this what I get is:
{
"_id": "556dc40b44f14c0c252c5604",
"username": "adiv.rulez",
"__v": 0,
"modifiedOn": "2015-06-02T14:56:11.074Z",
"favoriteStores": [],
"name": {
"first": "Adiv",
"last": "Ohayon"
}
}
The favoriteStores is empty, even though when I just do a get of the stores without the populate it does display the _id of the store.
Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks ;)
UPDATE
After using the deepPopulate plugin it magically fixed it. I guess the problem was with the nesting of the userSchema. Still not sure what the problem was exactly, but at least it's fixed.
I think this issue happens when schemas are defined across multiple files. To solve this, try call populate this way:
.populate({path: 'favoriteStores', model: 'Store'})
How to write multi ref for one property of one mongoose schema, like this(but wrong):
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
var PeopleSchema = new Schema({
peopleType:{
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: ['A', 'B'] /*or 'A, B'*/
}
})
You should add string field to your model and store external model name in it, and refPath property - Mongoose Dynamic References
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
var PeopleSchema = new Schema({
externalModelType:{
type: String
},
peopleType:{
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
refPath: 'externalModelType'
}
})
Now Mongoose will populate peopleType with object from corresponding model.
In the current version of Mongoose i still don't see that multi ref possible with syntax like you want. But you can use part of method "Populating across Databases" described here. We just need to move population logic to explicitly variant of population method:
var PeopleSchema = new Schema({
peopleType:{
//Just ObjectId here, without ref
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, required: true,
},
modelNameOfThePeopleType:{
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.String, required: true
}
})
//And after that
var People = mongoose.model('People', PeopleSchema);
People.findById(_id)
.then(function(person) {
return person.populate({ path: 'peopleType',
model: person.modelNameOfThePeopleType });
})
.then(populatedPerson) {
//Here peopleType populated
}
...