I am trying to make a store app and have created two mongoose schemas. Order.js and Product.js, I want to reference the product schema as a property of the order schema.
Order.js
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const Product=require('../models/product.js');
const orderSchema = new mongoose.Schema(
{
date: {
type:Date,
default: Date.now},
customerName: String,
customerAddress: String,
creditCard: Number,
products:[] //product model
},
{ timestamps: true }
);
product.js
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const productSchema = new mongoose.Schema(
{
name: String,
price: Number,
category: String
},
{ timestamps: true }
);
const Product = mongoose.model('Product', productSchema);
module.exports= Product;
This is my approach when it comes to nested schemas in mongoose : first you have to create an object of your Product schema , to avoid duplicating your Product model , you can create an object :
product
with your fields , then create your Product schema by simply const Product = new Schema(product); , then you can import the product object here in your order.js and declare your schema as follows :
import product;
const Order = new Schema({
......
......
order : {
type : product ,
......
}
})