mongoose-types - Useful types for Mongoose

Types include:

• Email
• Url

Installation

npm install mongoose-types

Setup

To include all of the defined types:

var mongoose = require("mongoose");
var db = mongoose.createConnection("mongodb://localhost/sampledb");
var mongooseTypes = require("mongoose-types");
mongooseTypes.loadTypes(mongoose);

You can also specify that you only want to load and use a limited subset of the types provided:

var mongoose = require("mongoose");
var db = mongoose.createConnection("mongodb://localhost/sampledb");
var mongooseTypes = require("mongoose-types");
// Only load the email type
mongooseTypes.loadTypes(mongoose, "email");

Using the types

Once you are setup, you can begin to use the new types.

Email

var Email = mongoose.SchemaTypes.Email;
var UserSchema = new Schema({
  email: {
      work: Email
    , home: Email
  }
});

Url

var Url = mongoose.SchemaTypes.Url;
var VisitSchema = new Schema({
    url: Url
  , referer: Url
});

Tests

To run tests (you must have a running instance of mongodb):

make test

Contributors

• Brian Noguchi
• Openify.it

License

MIT License

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Author

Brian Noguchi

Rewritten by

Openify.it