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Finding a thing by reference using a non ID field.
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var mongoose = require('mongoose'), | |
// Load User model | |
User = mongoose.model('User'), | |
// Create Thing schema | |
thingSchema = new mongoose.Schema({ | |
_user: { | |
type: ObjectId, | |
ref: 'User', | |
required: true, | |
unique: true | |
} | |
}), | |
Thing; | |
/** | |
* Find a profile using the user's username | |
* @param {String} username | |
* @param {Function} callback | |
* @return {Query} | |
*/ | |
thingSchema.statics.findByUsername = function (username, callback) { | |
// Prepare the query so it can be returned | |
// before asynchronous findByUsername is complete | |
var query = this.findOne(); | |
// Find user by username | |
User.findByUsername(username, function (error, user) { | |
var scope = this; | |
var args = arguments; | |
if (error || !user) { | |
// Maintain asynchronous behavior | |
return process.nextTick(function () { | |
// Maintain scope of callback | |
callback.apply(scope, args); | |
}); | |
} | |
// Update query with user id and execute | |
query.where('_user', user._id).exec(callback); | |
}); | |
// Return query for optional modification at runtime | |
return query; | |
}; | |
Thing = mongoose.model('Thing', thingSchema); | |
// Usage | |
Thing.findByUsername('furf', function (error, thing) {}); | |
// With optional modification | |
Thing.findByUsername('furf', function (error, thing) {}).populate('_user'); |
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