Mongoose valid id is a mongoose plugin that adds a isValidId static method to the model that can be used to check if a passed id is a valid mongoose/mongodb id.

Installation

$ npm install mongoose-valid-id

Usage

var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
var validId = require('mongoose-valid-id');

var Page = new Schema({
    title : { type : String, required : true},
    content : { type : String, required : true },
    path : { type : String, required : true},
    tags : [String],

    lastModified : Date,
    created : Date
});

Page.plugin(mongoose-valid-id);

Use the isValidId static method

var Page = require('page');

Page.isValidId('someid'); // Returns false
Page.isValidId('543be48d3b1b8a601ca20990'); // Returns true