mongoose-advanced-soft-delete

The Ultimate Soft Delete Plugin for Mongoose: The Only One You'll Ever Need

Features

• Soft delete documents by marking them as deleted without removing them from the database.
• Restore soft-deleted documents.
• Query only non-deleted documents by default.
• Query soft-deleted documents and all documents including soft-deleted ones.
• Supports aggregate pipeline
• Supports typescript

Installation

npm install mongoose-advanced-soft-delete

Usage

ExpressJs

1. Import the plugin and add it to your schema:

const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const { softDeletePlugin } = require('mongoose-advanced-soft-delete');

const userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
  name: String,
  email: String,
});

userSchema.plugin(softDeletePlugin);

const User = mongoose.model('User', userSchema);

2. Usage with query

const deleted = await User.softDelete({ _id: test._id, email: '[email protected]' }, options);

In NestJS

Install Mongoose module and the plugin in your NestJS application:

npm install @nestjs/mongoose mongoose mongoose-advanced-soft-delete

1. Apply the plugin in your Mongoose schema:

Schema File

import { softDeletePlugin } from 'mongoose-advanced-soft-delete';

@Schema({
  timestamps: true,
})
export class User {
  @Prop({ required: true })
  name: string;
}
export const UserSchema = SchemaFactory.createForClass(User);
UserSchema.plugin(softDeletePlugin);

2. Usage with queries:

Service Class

import {
  SoftDeleteModel,
} from 'mongoose-advanced-soft-delete';

@Injectable()
export class UserService {
  constructor(
    @InjectModel(User.name)
  private userModel: SoftDeleteModel<User>,
  ) {}

  async deleteUser(id: string): Promise<string> {
    const user = await this.userModel.softDeleteById(id);
    if (!user || user.deletedCount < 1) {
      throw new NotFoundException('Record Not Found');
    }
    return 'Record Deleted Successfully';
  }
}

Methods Provided by the Plugin

softDeleteById(id: string, options?: object): Promise<{ deletedCount: number } | null>

Soft delete a document by its ID.

await User.softDeleteById('60d0fe4f5311236168a109ca');

softDelete(query: object, options?: object): Promise<{ deletedCount: number } | null>

Soft delete documents matching the given query.

await User.softDelete({ email: '[email protected]' });

softDeleteMany(query: object, options?: object): Promise<{ deletedCount: number } | null>

Soft delete multiple documents matching the given query.

await User.softDeleteMany({ name: 'John Doe' });

restore(query: object): Promise<{ restored: number }>

Restore soft-deleted documents matching the given query.

await User.restore({ email: '[email protected]' });

findDeleted(): Promise<T[]>

Find all soft-deleted documents.

const deletedUsers = await User.findDeleted();

findAllIncludingSoftDeleted(query: object, projection?: object, options?: object): Promise<T[]>

Find all documents, including soft-deleted ones.

const allUsers = await User.findAllIncludingSoftDeleted({});

findOneIncludingSoftDeleted(query: object, projection?: object, options?: object): Promise<T>

Find one document, including soft-deleted ones.

const user = await User.findOneIncludingSoftDeleted({ email: '[email protected]' });

License

MIT

Free Software, Hell Yeah!