mongoose-hook-custom-id

Mongoose plugin to use String _id and by default will generate 16-char base64 string representation of ObjectId.

Installation

git clone [e-mail]:tarquas/mongoose-hook-custom-id.git mongoose-hook-custom-id

Package

{
  "mongoose-hook-custom-id": "0.1.4"
}

Usage

Example:

var
  mongoose = require('mongoose'),
  customId = require('mongoose-hook-custom-id'),
  PersonSchema;
 
PersonSchema = {
  name: String,
  email: String
};
 
PersonSchema.plugin(customId, {mongoose: mongoose}); // _id will look like 'VQvnBImPTGAoqeVY'
//PersonSchema.plugin(customId, {mongoose: mongoose,
  generator: function() {return Math.random();}}); // _id will look like '0.45921047893352807'
//PersonSchema.plugin(customId, {mongoose: mongoose,
  generatorAsync: function(callback) {callback(Math.random());}}); // same as above, but using async generator
 
mongoose.model('Person', PersonSchema);

Notes

• This plugin must be provided with an exact instance of mongoose, where the processing models expected to be processed, in opts parameter.

• This plugin forces _id field on Schema to be of type String. New documents will get it generated, if it wasn't specified.

• By default (if no specific generator option is provided to plugin), plugin will generate URI-compatible base64-representation of generated ObjectId, which is 16 characters long.

• If generator option is specified, it's a function, taking no arguments and returning String result, which will be called every time the new _id needs to be generated.

• If generatorAsync option is specified, it's a function, taking a callback argument, which accepts String parameter. Async generator will be called every time the new _id needs to be generated.