Sequelize Association called with something that's not a subclass of Sequelize.Model

Question

I'm having error "...called with something that's not a subclass of Sequelize.Model" when I add association of Sequelize in my model it called error that what I call is not Sequelize Model

E:...\Projects\WebApps\hr1\hr1\node_modules\sequelize\lib\associations\mixin.js:81
      throw new Error(this.name + '.' + Utils.lowercaseFirst(Type.toString()) + ' called with something that\'s not a subclass of Sequelize.Model');
      ^

Error: user_employee_tm.class BelongsTo extends Association {
  constructor(source, target, options) {
    super(source, target, options);

    this.associationType = 'BelongsTo';
    this.isSingleAssociation = true;
    this.foreignKeyAttribute = {};

    if (this.as) {
      this.isAliased = true;
      this.options.name = {
        singular: this.as
      };
    } else {
      this.as = this.target.options.name.singular;
      this.options.name = this.target.options.name;
    }

    if (_.isObject(this.options.foreignKey)) {
      this.foreignKeyAttribute = this.options.foreignKey;
      this.foreignKey = this.foreignKeyAttribute.name || this.foreignKeyAttribute.fieldName;
    } else if (this.options.foreignKey) {
      this.foreignKey = this.options.foreignKey;
    }

    if (!this.foreignKey) {
      this.foreignKey = Utils.camelizeIf(
        [
          Utils.underscoredIf(this.as, this.source.options.underscored),
          this.target.primaryKeyAttribute
        ].join('_'),
        !this.source.options.underscored
      );
    }

    this.identifier = this.foreignKey;

    if (this.source.rawAttributes[this.identifier]) {
      this.identifierField = this.source.rawAttributes[this.identifier].field || this.identifier;
    }

    this.targetKey = this.options.targetKey || this.target.primaryKeyAttribute;
    this.targetKeyField = this.target.rawAttributes[this.targetKey].field || this.targetKey;
    this.targetKeyIsPrimary = this.targetKey === this.target.primaryKeyAttribute;

    this.targetIdentifier = this.targetKey;
    this.associationAccessor = this.as;
    this.options.useHooks = options.useHooks;

    // Get singular name, trying to uppercase the first letter, unless the model forbids it
    const singular = Utils.uppercaseFirst(this.options.name.singular);

    this.accessors = {
      get: 'get' + singular,
      set: 'set' + singular,
      create: 'create' + singular
    };
  }

  // the id is in the source table
  injectAttributes() {
    const newAttributes = {};

    newAttributes[this.foreignKey] = _.defaults({}, this.foreignKeyAttribute, {
      type: this.options.keyType || this.target.rawAttributes[this.targetKey].type,
      allowNull: true
    });

    if (this.options.constraints !== false) {
      const source = this.source.rawAttributes[this.foreignKey] || newAttributes[this.foreignKey];
      this.options.onDelete = this.options.onDelete || (source.allowNull ? 'SET NULL' : 'NO ACTION');
      this.options.onUpdate = this.options.onUpdate || 'CASCADE';
    }

    Helpers.addForeignKeyConstraints(newAttributes[this.foreignKey], this.target, this.source, this.options, this.targetKeyField);
    Utils.mergeDefaults(this.source.rawAttributes, newAttributes);

    this.identifierField = this.source.rawAttributes[this.foreignKey].field || this.foreignKey;

    this.source.refreshAttributes();

    Helpers.checkNamingCollision(this);

    return this;
  }

  mixin(obj) {
    const methods = ['get', 'set', 'create'];

    Helpers.mixinMethods(this, obj, methods);
  }

  /**
   * Get the associated instance.
   *
   * @param {Object} [options]
   * @param {String|Boolean} [options.scope] Apply a scope on the related model, or remove its default scope by passing false.
   * @param {String} [options.schema] Apply a schema on the related model
   * @see {@link Model.findOne} for a full explanation of options
   * @return {Promise<Model>}
   */
  get(instances, options) {
    const association = this;
    const where = {};
    let Target = association.target;
    let instance;

    options = Utils.cloneDeep(options);

    if (options.hasOwnProperty('scope')) {
      if (!options.scope) {
        Target = Target.unscoped();
      } else {
        Target = Target.scope(options.scope);
      }
    }

    if (options.hasOwnProperty('schema')) {
      Target = Target.schema(options.schema, options.schemaDelimiter);
    }

    if (!Array.isArray(instances)) {
      instance = instances;
      instances = undefined;
    }

    if (instances) {
      where[association.targetKey] = {
        [Op.in]: instances.map(instance => instance.get(association.foreignKey))
      };
    } else {
      if (association.targetKeyIsPrimary && !options.where) {
        return Target.findByPk(instance.get(association.foreignKey), options);
      } else {
        where[association.targetKey] = instance.get(association.foreignKey);
        options.limit = null;
      }
    }

    options.where = options.where ?
      {[Op.and]: [where, options.where]} :
      where;

    if (instances) {
      return Target.findAll(options).then(results => {
        const result = {};
        for (const instance of instances) {
          result[instance.get(association.foreignKey, {raw: true})] = null;
        }

        for (const instance of results) {
          result[instance.get(association.targetKey, {raw: true})] = instance;
        }

        return result;
      });
    }

    return Target.findOne(options);
  }

  /**
   * Set the associated model.
   *
   * @param {Model|String|Number} [newAssociation] An persisted instance or the primary key of an instance to associate with this. Pass `null` or `undefined` to remove the association.
   * @param {Object} [options] Options passed to `this.save`
   * @param {Boolean} [options.save=true] Skip saving this after setting the foreign key if false.
   * @return {Promise}
   */
  set(sourceInstance, associatedInstance, options) {
    const association = this;

    options = options || {};

    let value = associatedInstance;
    if (associatedInstance instanceof association.target) {
      value = associatedInstance[association.targetKey];
    }

    sourceInstance.set(association.foreignKey, value);

    if (options.save === false) return;

    options = _.extend({
      fields: [association.foreignKey],
      allowNull: [association.foreignKey],
      association: true
    }, options);

    // passes the changed field to save, so only that field get updated.
    return sourceInstance.save(options);
  }

  /**
   * Create a new instance of the associated model and associate it with this.
   *
   * @param {Object} [values]
   * @param {Object} [options] Options passed to `target.create` and setAssociation.
   * @see {@link Model#create}  for a full explanation of options
   * @return {Promise}
   */
  create(sourceInstance, values, fieldsOrOptions) {
    const association = this;

    const options = {};

    if ((fieldsOrOptions || {}).transaction instanceof Transaction) {
      options.transaction = fieldsOrOptions.transaction;
    }
    options.logging = (fieldsOrOptions || {}).logging;

    return association.target.create(values, fieldsOrOptions).then(newAssociatedObject =>
      sourceInstance[association.accessors.set](newAssociatedObject, options)
    );
  }
} called with something that's not a subclass of Sequelize.Model
    at Function.<anonymous> (E:...\Projects\WebApps\hr1\hr1\node_modules\sequelize\lib\associations\mixin.js:81:13)
    at Object.<anonymous> (E:...\Projects\WebApps\hr1\hr1\models\user_employee.js:22:14)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:688:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:699:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:598:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:537:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:529:3)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:636:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (E:...\Projects\WebApps\hr1\hr1\models\user.js:4:26)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:688:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:699:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:598:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:537:12)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:529:3)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:636:17)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:20:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (E:...\Projects\WebApps\hr1\hr1\routes\index.js:4:12)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:688:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:699:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:598:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:537:12)

Here's my Code for

model/User.js

var bcrypt =  require('bcrypt');
const sequelize = require('../config/connectionDatabase')
var Sequelize = require('sequelize');
const UserEmployee = require('../models/user_employee');

var User = sequelize.define('user_tm', {
    NameFirst: {
        type: Sequelize.STRING
    },
    NameLast: {
        type: Sequelize.STRING
    },
    username: {
        type: Sequelize.STRING,
        unique: true,
        allowNull: false
    },
    password: {
        type: Sequelize.STRING,
        allowNull: false
    }
}, {
    hooks: {
    beforeCreate: (user) => {
        const salt = bcrypt.genSaltSync();
        user.password = bcrypt.hashSync(user.password, salt);
    }
    },
    instanceMethods: {
    validPassword: function(password) {
        return bcrypt.compareSync(password, this.password);
    }
    }    
});

User.hasOne(UserEmployee, {foreignKey: 'UserID', as: 'User'});
User.prototype.validPassword = function (password) {
    return bcrypt.compareSync(password, this.password);
};
module.exports = User;

model/user_employee.js

const sequelize = require('../config/connectionDatabase');
var Sequelize = require('sequelize');
const User = require('../models/user');

var UserEmployee = sequelize.define('user_employee_tm', {
    DateJoin: {
        type: Sequelize.DATE
    },
    UserID: {
        type: Sequelize.INTEGER,
        references: {
            model: User,
            key: "ID"
        }
    },
    CompanyID: {
        type: Sequelize.INTEGER
    }
});

// UserEmployee.hasOne(User, {as: 'User', foreignKey: 'UserID'});  
UserEmployee.belongsTo(User , {foreignKey: 'ID', as: 'Employee'});
module.exports = UserEmployee;

is there something I missed of? I've try to use this url https://dreamdevourer.com/example-of-sequelize-associations-in-feathersjs/

for adding assosicate along with model, but still having the same problem.

Much thanks for your help

Answer 1

Putting A.hasOne(B) and B.belongsTo(A) in the same file solved the issue for me.