So this is an example of my schema I have for a user.
id: String,
email: String,
slug: {
type: Object,
phrase: {type: String, default: null},
},
When I want to define a new user and save that user, I would do the following;
const newUser = new User({
id: 123,
username: "CoolUser",
email: "BillGates@google.com"
});
newUser.save();
But this does not save the "slug" object, It was my understanding, that since I a default value for it, it would auto populate with that default value. What can I do to make it auto generate without having to define the whole schema again when saving a user?
You should add default for slug property, and not for his sub-property. Try changing your schema like this:
slug: {
type: {
phrase: { type: String },
},
default: {
phrase: null
},
},
try this:
const subschema = new Schema({
phrase: {type: String, default: null},
}, { _id: false });
and in your original schema:
id: String,
email: String,
slug: {
type: subschema,
default: () => ({})
},
this should do the trick.
const User = new Schema({
id: String,
about: {
bio: String,
location: String,
website: String,
discord: String,
twitter: String,
default: {
bio: "This is a default bio.",
location: "",
website: "",
discord: "",
twitter: "",
}
}
})
Ok here is the example, I removed some stuff from it just for ease, Basically as you can see I want bio to default to: This is a default bio.
But instead, I get the following error:
throw new TypeError(`Invalid schema configuration: \`${name}\` is not ` +
^
TypeError: Invalid schema configuration: `This is a default bio.` is not a valid type at path `about.default.bio`. See bit ly / mongoose-schematypes for a list of valid schema types.