mongoose-cursor

A cursor based custom library for Mongoose with customizable labels.

Why This Plugin

moongoose-cursor is a cursor based library having a cursor wrapper. The plugin can be used as both page as well as cursor pagination. The main usage of the plugin is you can alter the return value keys directly in the query itself so that you don't need any extra code for transformation.

The below documentation is in progress. Feel free to contribute. :)

Installation

npm install @smth-for/mongoose-cursor

Usage

Add plugin to a schema and then use model cursor method:

const mongoose         = require('mongoose');
const moongooseCursor = require('moongoose-cursor');

const mySchema = new mongoose.Schema({
  /* your schema definition */
});

mySchema.plugin(moongooseCursor);

const myModel = mongoose.model('SampleModel',  mySchema);

myModel.cursor().then({}) // Usage

Model.cursor([query], [options], [callback])

Returns promise

Parameters

• [query] {Object} - Query criteria. Documentation
• [options] {Object}
  • [select] {Object | String} - Fields to return (by default returns all fields). Documentation
  • [collation] {Object} - Specify the collation Documentation
  • [sort] {Object | String} - Sort order. Documentation
  • [populate] {Array | Object | String} - Paths which should be populated with other documents. Documentation
  • [projection] {String | Object} - Get/set the query projection. Documentation
  • [lean=false] {Boolean} - Should return plain javascript objects instead of Mongoose documents? Documentation
  • [leanWithId=true] {Boolean} - If lean and leanWithId are true, adds id field with string representation of _id to every document
  • [limit=10] {Number}
  • [customLabels] {Object} - Developers can provide custom labels for manipulating the response data.
  • [key] {String} - Key field in Scheme for apply a cursor logic (Default: _id)
  • [startingAfter] {String} - Apply a cursor logic for starting result after value (Default: null)
  • [endingBefore] {String} - Apply a cursor logic for ending result before value (Default: null)
  • [forceCountFn] {Boolean} - Set this to true, if you need to support $geo queries.
  • [read] {Object} - Determines the MongoDB nodes from which to read. Below are the available options.
    • [pref]: One of the listed preference options or aliases.
    • [tags]: Optional tags for this query. (Must be used with [pref])
  • [options] {Object} - Options passed to Mongoose's find() function. Documentation

Return value

Promise fulfilled with object having properties:

• docs {Array} - Array of documents
• totalDocs {Number} - Total number of documents in collection that match a query
• limit {Number} - Limit that was used
• hasMore {Boolean} - Result have a another docs
• startingAfter {String} - Appling a cursor logic for starting result after value (Default: null)
• endingBefore {String} - Appling a cursor logic for ending result before value (Default: null)
• meta {Object} - Object of pagination meta data (Default false).

Please note that the above properties can be renamed by setting customLabels attribute.

Sample Usage

Return first 10 documents from 100

const options = {
  limit: 10,
  collation: {
    locale: 'en'
  }
};

Model.cursor({}, options, function(err, result) {
  // result.docs
  // result.totalDocs = 100
  // result.limit = 10
  // result.hasMore = true
});

With custom return labels

Now developers can specify the return field names if they want. Below are the list of attributes whose name can be changed.

• totalDocs
• docs
• limit
• key
• hasMore
• startingAfter
• endingBefore
• meta

You should pass the names of the properties you wish to changes using customLabels object in options. Set the property to false to remove it from the result. Same query with custom labels

const myCustomLabels = {
  totalDocs: 'itemCount',
  docs: 'itemsList',
  limit: 'limit',
  hasMore: 'another',
  startingAfter: 'starting',
  endingBefore: 'endingBefore',
  meta: 'meta'
};

const options = {
  limit: 10,
  customLabels: myCustomLabels
};

Model.cursor({}, options, function(err, result) {
  // result.itemsList [here docs become itemsList]
  // result.meta.itemCount = 100 [here totalDocs becomes itemCount]
});

With promise:

Model.cursor({}, { limit: 10 }).then(function(result) {
  // ...
});

More advanced example

var query   = {};
var options = {
  select:   'title date author',
  sort:     { date: -1 },
  populate: 'author',
  lean:     true,
  limit:    10
};

Book.cursor(query, options).then(function(result) {
  // ...
});

Zero limit

You can use limit=0 to get only metadata:

Model.cursor({}, { limit: 0 }).then(function(result) {
  // result.docs - empty array
  // result.totalDocs
  // result.limit - 0
});

Set custom default options for all queries

config.js:

var mongoosePaginate = require('moongoose-cursor');

mongoosePaginate.cursor.options = {
  lean:  true,
  limit: 20
};

controller.js:

Model.cursor().then(function(result) {
  // result.docs - array of plain javascript objects
  // result.limit - 20
});

Fetch all docs without cursor.

If you need to fetch all the documents in the collection without applying a limit. Then set cursor as false,

const options = {
  pagination: false
};

Model.cursor({}, options, function(err, result) {
  // result.docs
  // result.totalDocs = 100
  // result.limit = 100
});

Setting read preference.

Determines the MongoDB nodes from which to read.

const options = {
  lean: true,
  limit: 10,
  read: {
    pref: 'secondary',
    tags: [{
      region: 'South'
    }]
  }
};
    
Model.cursor({}, options, function(err, result) {
 // Result
});

Below are some references to understand more about preferences,

• https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/blob/master/lib/query.js#L1008
• https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/core/read-preference/
• http://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/driver-articles/anintroductionto1_1and2_2.html#read-preferences

Note

There are few operators that this plugin does not support natively, below are the list and suggested replacements,

• $where: $expr
• $near: $geoWithin with $center
• $nearSphere: $geoWithin with $centerSphere

But we have added another option. So if you need to use $near and $nearSphere please set forceCountFn as true and try running the query.

const options = {
  lean: true,
  limit: 10,
  forceCountFn: true
};
    
Model.cursor({}, options, function(err, result) {
 // Result
});

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License

MIT

Special Thanks

• mongoose-paginate-v2