Mongoose create a new object within a static function

Question

How do I create a new object within one of my static methods defined in the schema?

I basically have

UserSchema.statics.createUser = function (username, password, cb) { .. }

And I want to be able to save a new instance of the user object inside the function. I want to do something like var user = new User(...) within that method, but it of course doesn't work because the User model was not yet created.

What do I do?

Answer 1

When you first call the static function this is bound to the model for the schema. You can just do something like this:

someSchema.static('foo', function() {
    const newUser = new this({
        username: username, 
        password: password,
    });
    newUser.save(cb);
})

Don't replace the anonymous function with a fat arrow equivalent (I know you want to!). this won't have the correct scope.