Auto-loading mongoose models in node.js

autoload-models.js

/** 
 * Create an index.js file in the same directory as your models. Add this code to it. Be sure to add the necessary fs require
 */
 
var fs = require('fs');

// initializes all models and sources them as .model-name
fs.readdirSync(__dirname).forEach(function(file) {
  if (file !== 'index.js') {
    var moduleName = file.split('.')[0];
    exports[moduleName] = require('./' + moduleName);
  }
});

/**
 * Now you can call all your models as follows:
 */

var models = require('./path/to/models');
var User = models.user;
var OtherModel = models['other-model'];