creating relation schema in mongoose code example
Example: mongoose collection relation
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const personSchema = mongoose.Schema({
_id: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
name: String,
age: Number,
stories: [{ type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Story' }]
});
const storySchema = mongoose.Schema({
author: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Person' },
title: String,
fans: [{ type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Person' }]
});
const Story = mongoose.model('Story', storySchema);
const Person = mongoose.model('Person', personSchema);
Story.
findOne({ title: 'Casino Royale' }).
populate('author').
exec(function (err, story) {
if (err) return handleError(err);
console.log('The author is %s', story.author.name);
// prints "The author is Ian Fleming"
});