MangoModel is not an ORM. It is a very simple wrapper over the Monk MongoDb library. MangoModel's main purpose is to allow dynamic db switching and data validation.
// Create db connection
var db = Monk('host/db');
// Create model
var Ant = MangoModel.create(db, 'ants');
// Accessing your model
var Ant = MangoModel.model('ants');
// Set the global db object so you don't have to specify the db every time you define a model
MangoModel.setDb(db);
var Rat = MangoModel.create('rats');
When providing the database connection to either a model or the global MangoModel, you can provide a function that returns the database connection. This allows you to switch the database out as required.
var Cat = MangoModel.create('cats', {
methods:
getFatCats: function(cb) {
this.find({weight: {'$gt':30}}, cb);
}
}
});
var cats = Cat.getFatCats(function(err, cats) {
// variable cats is an array of cat objects
});
// TODO