Object type in mongoose

Question

I am defining a mongoose schema and definition is as follows:

   inventoryDetails: {         type: Object,         required: true      },     isActive:{         type:Boolean,         default:false     } 

I tried "Object" type and I am seeing my data is getting saved successfully. When I changed type to array, the save is failing.

Sample Data:

{     "inventoryDetails" : {          "config" : {              "count" : {                  "static" : { "value" : "123" },                  "dataSource" : "STATIC"              },              "title" : {                  "static" : { "value" : "tik" },                  "dataSource" : "STATIC"              }          },          "type" : "s-card-with-title-count"      }  } 

"Object" type is not one of the types that mongoose allows. But, how it is being supported ?

Answer 1

You have two options to get your Object in the db:

1. Define it by yourself

let YourSchema = new Schema({   inventoryDetails: {     config: {       count: {         static: {           value: {             type: Number,             default: 0           },           dataSource: {             type: String           }         }       }     },     myType: {       type: String     }   },   title: {     static: {       value: {         type: Number,         default: 0       },       dataSource: {         type: String       }     }   } }) 

Take a look at my real code:

let UserSchema = new Schema({   //...   statuses: {     online: {       type: Boolean,       default: true     },     verified: {       type: Boolean,       default: false     },     banned: {       type: Boolean,       default: false     }   },   //... }) 

This option gives you the ability to define the object's data structure.

If you want a flexible object data structure, see the next one.

2. Use the default Schema.Types.Mixed type

Example taken from the doc:

let YourSchema = new Schema({   inventoryDetails: Schema.Types.Mixed })  let yourSchema = new YourSchema;  yourSchema.inventoryDetails = { any: { thing: 'you want' } }  yourSchema.save()