mongoose-private-paths

A simple mongoose plugin to provide private Schema keys

Getting Started

Install the module with: npm install mongoose-private-paths

var mongoose = require('mongoose'),
    privatePaths = require('mongoose-private-paths');

var TestSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
  public:       { type: String },
  _private:     { type: String },
  also_private: { type: String, private: true },
  not_private:  { type: String, private: false },
  _even:        { type: String, private: false },
  works_too:   [{ type: String, private: false }]
});

TestSchema.plugin(privatePaths);

var Test = mongoose.model('Test', Testschema);

var test = new Test({
  public:       'all keys are public by default!',
  _private:     'keys prefixed with an "_" will be private - except "_id"',
  also_private: 'stuff with a "private" field set to true will be... private!',
  not_private:  'stuff with a "private" field set to false will be... NOT private!',
  _even:        'if they are prefixed with an "_"',
  works_too:    'array-like fields should work too'
});

test.toJSON(); // =>
// {
//   _id:          '1234',
//   public:       'all keys are public by default!',
//   not_private: 'stuff with a "private" field set to false will be... NOT private!',
//   _even:        'if they are prefixed with an "_"'
// }

Documentation

As of right now there're only two options available, to be passed when calling Schema.plugin(privatePaths, options):

• ignore => an Array of keys to ignore (they'll all be public)
• prefix => a different private key prefix (to be used instead of "_")

document.toJSON([options])

It should be noted that the toJSON method is overloaded with an optional options parameter, with the following keys:

• keep => Either an array of keys or a single key to ignore (not omit)
• remove => Either an array of keys or a single key to remove (the default behaviour is overridden, to only remove the specified keys)

Model.omitPrivatePaths(doc, [options])

This is a static function which holds the actual logic for the overloaded .toJSON on documents. It's exported to support serializing lean mongoose objects, avoiding the mongoose overhead for lists and things like that. It takes a document or lean object as its first argument and the options node as its second.

Model.findPrivate(query)

This returns a Query only selecting public fields.

License

Copyright (c) 2014. Licensed under the MIT license.

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