@cylution/mongoose-plugin-object-id-to-string

Simple mongoose plugin that auto convert ObjectId to string

Getting started

Install

npm i @cylution/mongoose-plugin-object-id-to-string

or

yarn add @cylution/mongoose-plugin-object-id-to-string

Usage

This plugin will add toObject: { getters: true } to mongoose schema options

If you don't want to modify a schema, just add toObject: {} to schema options

const demoSchema = new Schema({
  name: String
}, {
  toObject: {}, // will ignore toObject in global usecase
  toJSON: {}, // will ignore toJSON in global usecase
})

Typescript

import { mongoosePluginObjectIdToString } from '@cylution/mongoose-plugin-object-id-to-string'
import { plugin, Schema } from 'mongoose'

Javascript

const { mongoosePluginObjectIdToString } = require('@cylution/mongoose-plugin-object-id-to-string')
const { plugin } = require('mongoose')

// don't forget this
const pluginObjectIdToString = mongoosePluginObjectIdToString(
  v => v == null ? null : v.toString(), // convert function, can be simple: v => v.toString() if you ensure v is never null
  [
    'toObject',
    'toJSON',
  ] // options
)

// global
plugin(pluginObjectIdToString)

// or schema
const userSchema = new Schema({
  //
})

userSchema.plugin(pluginObjectIdToString)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.