Fastify MongoDB Plugin using Mongoose ODM

Installation

npm i fastify-mongoose-driver -s

Usage

// ...Other Plugins
fastify.register(
  require("fastify-mongoose-driver").plugin,
  {
    uri: "mongodb://admin:pass@localhost:27017/database_name",
    settings: {
      useNewUrlParser: true,
      config: {
        autoIndex: true,
      },
    },
    models: [
      {
        name: "posts",
        alias: "Post",
        schema: {
          title: {
            type: String,
            required: true,
          },
          content: {
            type: String,
            required: true,
          },
          // We can add references to other Schemas like-so
          author: {
            type: "ObjectId",
            ref: "Account",
            validateExistance: true,
          },
        },
      },
      {
        name: "accounts",
        alias: "Account",
        schema: {
          username: {
            type: String,
          },
          password: {
            type: String,
            select: false,
            required: true,
          },
          email: {
            type: String,
            unique: true,
            required: true,
            validate: {
              validator: (v) => {
                // Super simple email regex: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4964763/7028187
                return /^.+@.{2,}\..{2,}$/.test(v);
              },
              message: (props) => `${props.value} is not a valid email!`,
            },
          },
          createdAtUTC: {
            type: Date,
            required: true,
          },
        },
        virtualize: (schema) => {
          schema.virtual("posts", {
            ref: "Post",
            localKey: "_id",
            foreignKey: "author",
          });
        },
      },
    ],
    useNameAndAlias: true,
  },
  (err) => {
    if (err) throw err;
  }
);

fastify.get("/", (request, reply) => {
  console.log(fastify.mongoose.instance); // Mongoose ODM instance
  console.log(fastify.mongoose.Account); // Any models declared are available here
});

require("fastify-mongoose-driver").decorator(); // Returns the decorator pointer, useful for using mongoose in seperate files

Options

Option	Description
uri	Required, the Unique Resource Identifier to use when connecting to the Database.
settings	Optional, the settings to be passed on to the MongoDB Driver as well as the Mongoose-specific options. Refer here for further info.
models	Optional, any models to be declared and injected under fastify.mongoose
useNameAndAlias	Optional, declares models using mongoose.model(alias, schema, name) instead of mongoose.model(name, schema)

Any models declared should follow the following format:

{
  name: "profiles", // Required, should match name of model in database
  alias: "Profile", // Optional, an alias to inject the model as
  schema: schemaDefinition // Required, should match schema of model in database,
  class: classDefinition // Optional, should be an ES6 class wrapper for the model
}

The schemaDefinition variable should be created according to the Mongoose Model Specification. The classDefinition variable should be created according to the Mongoose Class Specification.

Author

Alex Papageorgiou

License

Licensed under GPLv3.