mongoose-gridfs

mongoose gridfs on top of new gridfs api

Note!: Only compatible with Mongoose >= 6.0.7+

Note!: Ensure mongoose connection before use

Requirements

• NodeJS v13+
• Npm v6.12+
• MongoDB v4+
• Mongoose v6+

Installation

$ npm install --save mongoose @procube/mongoose-gridfs

Usage

import { createReadStream } from 'fs';
import { createModel } from 'mongoose-gridfs';

// use default bucket
const Attachment = createModel();

// or create custom bucket with custom options
const Attachment = createModel({
    modelName: 'Attachment',
    connection: connection
});

// write file to gridfs
const readStream = createReadStream('sample.txt');
const options = ({ filename: 'sample.txt', contentType: 'text/plain' });
Attachment.write(options, readStream, (error, file) => {
  //=> {_id: ..., filename: ..., ...}
});

// read larger file
const readStream = Attachment.read({ _id });

// read smaller file
Attachment.read({ _id }, (error, buffer) => { ... });

// remove file and its content
Attachment.unlink({ _id }, (error) => { ... });

Read Documentation

Literature Reviewed

• MongoDB GridFS
• Node MongoDB GridFS
• gridfs-stream
• New Streaming GridFS API
• New GridFS API

Testing

• Clone this repository

• Install all development dependencies

npm install

• Run example

npm run dev

• Then run test

npm test

Contribute

It will be nice, if you open an issue first so that we can know what is going on, then, fork this repo and push in your ideas. Do not forget to add a bit of test(s) of what value you adding.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

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