mongoose-example.js

var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var _ = require('underscore');

mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/mydatabase');

/**
 * Define a schema and model (using schema)
 */

var userSchema = mongoose.Schema({
  username: String,
  firstname: String,
  lastname: String,
  email: String,
  password: String,
  perms: Array
});

var User = mongoose.model('User',userSchema);

/**
 * Create a new record
 */

var u = new User;

_.extend(u,{
  username: 'khallman',
  firstname: 'Kelly',
  lastname: 'Hallman',
  email: 'khallman@gmail.com',
  password: 'e5e9fa1ba31ecd1ae84f75caaa474f3a663f05f4'
});

u.save(function(err,data){
  console.dir(data);

  /**
   * Find the record
   */
  
  User.find({ username: 'khallman' },function(err,data){
    console.log(data);
  });  
  
});