1
  2var assert = require('assert');
  3var mongoose = require('../../lib');
  4var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
  5var ObjectId = mongoose.Types.ObjectId;
  6
  7/**
  8 * Connect to the db
  9 */
 10
 11var dbname = 'testing_populateAdInfinitum_' + require('../../lib/utils').random();
 12mongoose.connect('localhost', dbname);
 13mongoose.connection.on('error', function() {
 14  console.error('connection error', arguments);
 15});
 16
 17/**
 18 * Schemas
 19 */
 20
 21var user = new Schema({
 22  name: String,
 23  friends: [{
 24    type: Schema.ObjectId,
 25    ref: 'User'
 26  }]
 27});
 28var User = mongoose.model('User', user);
 29
 30var blogpost = Schema({
 31  title: String,
 32  tags: [String],
 33  author: {
 34    type: Schema.ObjectId,
 35    ref: 'User'
 36  }
 37});
 38var BlogPost = mongoose.model('BlogPost', blogpost);
 39
 40/**
 41 * example
 42 */
 43
 44mongoose.connection.on('open', function() {
 45  /**
 46   * Generate data
 47   */
 48
 49  var userIds = [new ObjectId, new ObjectId, new ObjectId, new ObjectId];
 50  var users = [];
 51
 52  users.push({
 53    _id: userIds[0],
 54    name: 'mary',
 55    friends: [userIds[1], userIds[2], userIds[3]]
 56  });
 57  users.push({
 58    _id: userIds[1],
 59    name: 'bob',
 60    friends: [userIds[0], userIds[2], userIds[3]]
 61  });
 62  users.push({
 63    _id: userIds[2],
 64    name: 'joe',
 65    friends: [userIds[0], userIds[1], userIds[3]]
 66  });
 67  users.push({
 68    _id: userIds[3],
 69    name: 'sally',
 70    friends: [userIds[0], userIds[1], userIds[2]]
 71  });
 72
 73  User.create(users, function(err) {
 74    assert.ifError(err);
 75
 76    var blogposts = [];
 77    blogposts.push({
 78      title: 'blog 1',
 79      tags: ['fun', 'cool'],
 80      author: userIds[3]
 81    });
 82    blogposts.push({
 83      title: 'blog 2',
 84      tags: ['cool'],
 85      author: userIds[1]
 86    });
 87    blogposts.push({
 88      title: 'blog 3',
 89      tags: ['fun', 'odd'],
 90      author: userIds[2]
 91    });
 92
 93    BlogPost.create(blogposts, function(err) {
 94      assert.ifError(err);
 95
 96      /**
 97       * Population
 98       */
 99
100      BlogPost
101      .find({tags: 'fun'})
102      .lean()
103      .populate('author')
104      .exec(function(err, docs) {
105        assert.ifError(err);
106
107        /**
108         * Populate the populated documents
109         */
110
111        var opts = {
112          path: 'author.friends',
113          select: 'name',
114          options: {limit: 2}
115        };
116
117        BlogPost.populate(docs, opts, function(err, docs) {
118          assert.ifError(err);
119          console.log('populated');
120          var s = require('util').inspect(docs, {depth: null, colors: true});
121          console.log(s);
122          done();
123        });
124      });
125    });
126  });
127});
128
129function done(err) {
130  if (err) console.error(err.stack);
131  mongoose.connection.db.dropDatabase(function() {
132    mongoose.connection.close();
133  });
134}