Mongoose-createdAt-updatedAt

A mongoose plugin that adds createdAt and updatedAt fields to subscribed models in order to avoid redundancy.

Now supporting query-based updates like update() or findOneAndUpdate().

Install via npm:

$> npm install mongoose-createdat-updatedat --save

Usage:

var plugin = require('mongoose-createdat-updatedat');
var User = new Schema({ ... });
User.plugin(plugin);

Optionally, you can pass an options object to set the name of the fields, or to disable certain fields.

Another example:

var plugin = require('mongoose-createdat-updatedat');
var User = new Schema({ ... });
var options = {
  createdAt: 'created_at',
  updatedAt: null
}
User.plugin(plugin, options);

Here, the createdAt field will be named created_at, and the updatedAt field will be disabled.

Options:

createdAt

Type: String
Default: createdAt

Name of the createdAt field. Set to null to disable the field

updatedAt

Type: String
Default: updatedAt

Name of the updatedAt field. Set to null to disable the field

Test:

$> npm test
$>
  CreatedAt and UpdatedAt support
    ✓ should has "James" as firstname
    ✓ should save user without error (237ms)
    ✓ should createdAt and updatedAt have equal values
    ✓ should update user lastname to "Heng" without error
    ✓ updatedAt should be more recent than createdAt