Mongoose Foreign Key Virtual Population
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JavaScriptExample of linking to a foreign collection via any foreign key
1const mongoose = require('mongoose');
2const epa = require('epa').getEnvironment();
3const moment = require('moment');
4const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
5const uuid = require('node-uuid');
6
7const TelemetrySchema = new Schema({
8 amount: {
9 type: Number,
10 required: true
11 },
12 userId: {
13 type: String,
14 required: true,
15 index: true
16 }
17});
18
19// Virtual
20TelemetrySchema.virtual('accountFromUser', {
21 ref: 'account', // The model to use
22 localField: 'userId', // Find Accounts where `localField`
23 foreignField: 'userIds', // is equal to `foreignField`
24 justOne: true
25});
26
27TelemetrySchema.set('toJSON', { virtuals: true });
28TelemetrySchema.set('toObject', { virtuals: true });
29
30// Export Model
31module.exports = mongoose.model('telemetry', TelemetrySchema);Created on 10/17/2018