// import async to make control flow simplier var async = require('async'); // import the rest of the normal stuff var mongoose = require('../../lib'); require('./person.js')(); var Person = mongoose.model('Person'); // define some dummy data var data = [ { name: 'bill', age: 25, birthday: new Date().setFullYear((new Date().getFullYear() - 25)) }, { name: 'mary', age: 30, birthday: new Date().setFullYear((new Date().getFullYear() - 30)) }, { name: 'bob', age: 21, birthday: new Date().setFullYear((new Date().getFullYear() - 21)) }, { name: 'lilly', age: 26, birthday: new Date().setFullYear((new Date().getFullYear() - 26)) }, { name: 'alucard', age: 1000, birthday: new Date().setFullYear((new Date().getFullYear() - 1000)) } ]; mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/persons', function(err) { if (err) { throw err; } // create all of the dummy people async.each(data, function(item, cb) { Person.create(item, cb); }, function(err) { if (err) { // handle error } // create a promise (get one from the query builder) var prom = Person.find({age: {$lt: 1000}}).exec(); // add a callback on the promise. This will be called on both error and // complete prom.addBack(function() { console.log('completed'); }); // add a callback that is only called on complete (success) events prom.addCallback(function() { console.log('Successful Completion!'); }); // add a callback that is only called on err (rejected) events prom.addErrback(function() { console.log('Fail Boat'); }); // you can chain things just like in the promise/A+ spec // note: each then() is returning a new promise, so the above methods // that we defined will all fire after the initial promise is fulfilled prom.then(function(people) { // just getting the stuff for the next query var ids = people.map(function(p) { return p._id; }); // return the next promise return Person.find({_id: {$nin: ids}}).exec(); }).then(function(oldest) { console.log('Oldest person is: %s', oldest); }).then(cleanup); }); }); function cleanup() { Person.remove(function() { mongoose.disconnect(); }); }