Mongoose how to listen for collection changes

Question

I need to build a mongo updater process to dowload mongodb data to local IoT devices (configuration data, etc.)

My goal is to watch for some mongo collections in a fixed interval (1 minute, for example). If I have changed a collection (deletion, insertion or update) I will download the full collection to my device. The collections will have no more than a few hundred simple records, so it´s gonna not be a lot of data to download.

Is there any mechanism to find out a collection has changed since last pool ? What mongo features should be used in that case ?

Answer 1

To listen for changes to your MongoDB collection, set up a Mongoose Model.watch.

const PersonModel = require('./models/person')

const personEventEmitter = PersonModel.watch()

personEventEmitter.on('change', change => console.log(JSON.stringify(change)))

const person = new PersonModel({name: 'Thabo'})
person.save()

// Triggers console log on change stream
// {_id: '...', operationType: 'insert', ...}

Note: This functionality is only available on a MongoDB Replicaset

See Mongoose Model Docs for more:

If you want to listen for changes to your DB, use Connection.watch.

See Mongoose Connection Docs for more

These functions listen for Change Events from MongoDB Change Streams as of v3.6