mongoose-seed-db

mongoose-seed-db lets you populate and clear MongoDB collections with all the benefits of Mongooses model validation

Basic example

var MongooseSeed = require('mongoose-seed-db');
//import MongooseSeed from 'mongoose-seed-db'; //ES6

MongooseSeed.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/mongoose-seed').then(() => {
	MongooseSeed.loadModels(__dirname + '/../src/models');
	MongooseSeed.clearAll().then(() => {
		MongooseSeed.populate(__dirname + '/data').then(() => {
			process.exit();
		});
	});
});

Mongoose Model example

var mongoose = require('mongoose');
//import mongoose from 'mongoose'; //ES6

var test = new mongoose.Schema({
	name: { type: String }
});

export default mongoose.model('Test', test);

Data example (.js)

module.exports = {
	model: 'Test',
	data: [
		{ name: 'js-example-entry-1' },
		{ name: 'js-example-entry-1' }
	]
};

Data example (.json)

{
	"model": "Test",
	"data": [
		{ "name": "json-example-entry-1" },
		{ "name": "json-example-entry-1" }
	]
}

Functions

MongooseSeed.connect(db)

Initializes connection to MongoDB via Mongoose.

MongooseSeed.loadModels(path)

Loads mongoose models from path, use: __dirname + '/path_to_models'

MongooseSeed.populate(path, options)

Populate MongoDB with data in js/json files from path, use: __dirname + '/path_to_data'

Options:

populateExisting: true/false
	- defaults to true
	- false = only populate models without existing documents

MongooseSeed.clearAll()

Clears all data from loaded models

MongooseSeed.clearModels(array)

Clears all data from list of models provided in array