Question

I am using Express and I am looking for a convenient way to convert this kind of object (which comes on the request req.body.myObject):

{
  "name": "Foo",
  "someNumber": "23",
  "someBoolean": "on"
}

Into an instance of this Schema:

var myObjectSchema = new Schema({
    name: String,
    someNumber: Number,
    someBoolean: Boolean
});

Notice that the first object comes from the request, so its made entirely by Strings.

Is there some nice way to achieve this? If not, would you have any suggestions on how to implement this feature as a middleware???

Answer 1

By referring to this thread Mongoose : Inserting JS object directly into db I figured out that yes, theres a built in feature for this.

You simply build a new model passing request values (from the form) as parameters:

function add(req, res){
    new Contact(req.body.contact).save(function(err){
        console.log("Item added");
        res.send();
    });
};

It automatically converts stuff for you!