manager.models

Setup model definitions from a folder location

Arguments

path (string): path to model definitions, the filenames are used as the corresponding model name. Make sure the model definition is exported as the default

[options] (object):

• [commonJs=false] (boolean): for old commonjs projects, you will need to set this to true which uses require instead of import (removed in 3.0.0)
• [waitForIndexes=false] (boolean): returns a proimse that waits for the Mongo collection indexes to be setup

Returns

A promise with an array of model instances, the model instances will also be available at:

db.{model-name}
db.models.{model-name}

Example

// ./models/user.js
export default { // Make sure the model definition is exported as the default
  fields: {
    name: { type: 'string', required: true },
    email: { type: 'email', required: true, index: 'unique' }
  },
  messages: {
    email: { required: 'Sorry, we require an email.' },
  }
}

await db.models(__dirname + "models")