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what is the returned data from mongoose

Bimlendra Ray answered on October 8, 2022 Popularity 1/10 Helpfulness 1/10

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what is the returned data from mongoose

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const mongoose = require('mongoose');

// connect to database
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/test', { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true });

// define the schema 
const kittySchema = new mongoose.Schema({
    name: String

    // this flag indicate that the shema we defined is not fixed, 
    // document in database can have some fields that are not defined in the schema
    // which is very likely
}, { strict: false });

// compile schema to model
const Kitten = mongoose.model('Kitten', kittySchema);

test();
async function test() {


    // test data
    const dataObject = { name: "Kitty 1", color: "red" };
    const firstKitty = new Kitten(dataObject); // attribute color is not defined in the schema

    // save in database
    firstKitty.save();

    // find the kitty from database
    // mongoose return a document object, which is different from our data object
    const firstKittyDocument = await Kitten.findOne({ name: "Kitty 1" });
    console.log("Mongoose document. _id :", firstKittyDocument._id); // _id of document
    console.log("Mongoose document. name :", firstKittyDocument.name); // "Kitty 1"
    console.log("Mongoose document. color :", firstKittyDocument.color); // undefined
    // --> the document contains _id and other fields that we defined in the schema

    // we can call the method .toObject to get the plain object
    console.log("Using .toObject() method. _id :", firstKittyDocument.toObject()._id); // _id of document
    console.log("Using .toObject() method. name :", firstKittyDocument.toObject().name); // "Kitty 1"
    console.log("Using .toObject() method. color :", firstKittyDocument.toObject().color); // "red"
    // --> Using .toObject() method, we get all the fields we have in the dataObject

    // or we can use lean method to get the plain old javascript object
    const firstKittyPOJO = await Kitten.findOne({ name: "Kitty 1" }).lean();
    console.log("Using .lean() method. _id :", firstKittyPOJO._id);  // _id of document
    console.log("Using .lean() method. name :", firstKittyPOJO.name); // "Kitty 1"
    console.log("Using .lean() method. color :", firstKittyPOJO.color); //"red"
    // --> Using .lean() method, we get all the fields we have in the dataObject
}

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