User Object Models

user.js

Schema The top of the file is fairly straightforward. The UserSchema consists of a JSON object with variables. In Mongoose, id is an alias for the Mongo _id field.

virtual Assigning virtual tells Mongoose that the 'password' field is not actually used for storage, and when the setter is called, a hashed password is created.

Validation Attributes in the User object can be validated. In this case 4 of the fields are required, unless another authentication scheme is being used.

The pre('save', ...) is used to validate for a password, if required.

Methods Currently two helper methods on the User object to manage the password and verify the password is correct.

Note: In the code you'll see I'm having some issues using the /api/user/:id URI format. When it's working the client simply gets a 404 response, which was not really a problem. But then I started getting a 405 on all requests. So until I figure that out, I'm manually checking for request parameters and calling the appropriate GET.

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