mongoose_schema-json

Convert mongoose schema object to JSON and vice versa.

Installation

npm install mongoose_schema-json

Usage

For example when you want to store mongoose schema in mongo database you need to convert it into JSON string.

Example of conversion

// mongoose schema in object notation
 
var schemaObj = {
    name: {type: String, lowercase: true},
    age: Number,
    born: Date,
    isActive: Boolean,
    fans: [Schema.Types.Mixed],
    company_id: Schema.Types.ObjectId
}

// mongoose schema in JSON notation
 
var jsonStr = {
    "name": {"type": "String", "lowercase": true},
    "age": "Number",
    "born": "Date",
    "isActive": "Boolean",
    "fans": ["Schema.Types.Mixed"],
    "company_id": "Schema.Types.ObjectId"
}

Methods

• schema2json()
• json2schema()

var convert = require('mongoose_schema-json');
 
var jsonStr = convert.schema2json(schemaObj);
var schemaObj = convert.json2schema(jsonStr);

Testing

Test results will be visible in console. NodeJS must be installed !

$ node test schema2json schema1

$ node test json2schema json1