filling in the initializing data in mongodb - mongodb

Question

I am using mongoose and setting up schema for users as follows:
var users=new mongoose.Schema({
username:String,
password:String,
type:String
});
var User=mongoose.model('user',users);
Now i need this to have a initial row with values as admin,admin,admin
How to do this?
I am using express server to verify a user like this
app.post("/verifyLogin",function(request,response){
var usr=request.body.username;
var pass=request.body.password;
//VERIFICATION FROM DATABASE CODE GOES HERE
});
P.S I am new to mongodb/document-based data storage. Until now i used to work with phpmyadmin and insert data directly from the interface provided.
WHAT I TRIED:
i made a temp post handler like this
app.post("/initialize/database",function(request,response){
var user=new userModel({username:'admin',password:'password', type:'admin'});
user.save(function(err){
if(!err){return console.log('created')}else{console.log(err)}
return response.send(user);
});
})
and then in the console did this:
jQuery.post('/initialize/database',function(data){console.log(data)})
Don't know whether this is the best approach or not :(

Answer 1

I find it easiest to enter initialization data from the terminal.
$ mongo
> use database-name
> db.users.insert({ username: 'admin', password: 'admin', type: 'admin' })
That would work for simply getting things going, but I forbid you to store plain-text passwords in the database when in production. To implement hashing and to use node instead of the terminal you could create a route for creating a new user instead. Something like:
app.post("/signup",function(request,response){
var usr = request.body.username,
pass = request.body.password;
somePasswordHashingAlgoritm(pass, function (hashedPassword) {
User.insert({
username: usr,
password: hashedPassword,
type: 'admin'
});
});
});
Even better would be to implement a pre-save hook in mongoose, but that's the subject for another topic. If you don't want others to sign up to your site, just remove that code when you've created yourself.