mongoose-autoset(DEPRECATED)

mongoose plugin to allow set referenced object id from instances.

Deprecation Notice: mongoose now support this feature out of box

Requirements

NodeJS v6.5+

Install

$ npm install --save mongoose mongoose-autoset

Usage

const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
 
//apply mongoose-autoset plugin to mongoose
mongoose.plugin(require('mongoose-autoset'));
 
...
 
const PersonSchema = new Schema({
    parent:{
        type: ObjectId,
        ref: 'Person',
        autoset: true  //will set id from instance._id i.e parent._id
    }
});
 
...
 
const parent = Person.findById(<id>, <fn>);
 
const child = new Person({
    parent: parent, //no need to do parent._id
});

Testing

Clone this repository
Install all development dependencies

$ npm install

Then run test

$ npm test

Contribute

It will be nice, if you open an issue first so that we can know what is going on, then, fork this repo and push in your ideas. Do not forget to add a bit of test(s) of what value you adding.

Licence

The MIT License (MIT)

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