How do I define a key named "type" in Mongoose?

Question

I have a Schema definition with a nested object that looks like this:

mongoose.Schema({
    name: String,
    messages: [{
        type: String,
        message: String
    }]
});

Mongoose doesn't interpret this as I would like because there is a key named type, which conflicts with Mongoose's syntax for defining defaults, etc. Is there a way to define a key named "type"?

Answer 1

Oh, I remember this annoying problem, it took me ages to find out that the problem is that type is read by mongoose schema.

Just specify a type:String inside the type label

mongoose.Schema({
  name: String,
  messages: [{
    type: {type: String},
    message: String
  }]
});