mongoose schema model _id

Asked Mar 16 '18 at 20:31

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I'm using mongoose 5.0.9. My question is about the _id of document.

I'd like to get `_id generated from mongodb when new document inserted. In this way, I could not define the _id in my mongoose schema/model. If I do, the mongoose will fail since I don't provide the value for _id.

However, I want to use the _id in my page. If I don't define it in my schema/model, I could not get it when querying.

One solution I thought is to define two schemas: one for inserting document without _id, and the other is for querying, updating, etc, with _id.

I don't want to make things to complex, so I don't think this is good idea. what is the best practice for this _id?

Thanks in advance. Richard

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asked Mar 16 '18 at 20:31

Richard Xu

Is this helpful? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17899750/how-can-i-generate-an-objectid-with-mongoose – laggingreflex Mar 16 '18 at 20:47
Thank you very much. That's all I need. – Richard Xu Mar 17 '18 at 00:49

mongoose schema model _id

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