Question

I have a query that I want to run with a where case, only if a variable is false. This is what I’m doing now, but it’s not optimal. Is there a way to do this with one query?

if (user) {
    models.Interviews.find({}).exec(function (err, interviews) {
        // stuff
    });
} else {
    models.Interviews.find({}).where('group').equals(group_id).where('disabled').equals(false).exec(function (err, interviews) {
        // stuff
    });         
}

Answer 1

If by ‘not optimal’ you’re referring to needing to duplicate the ‘stuff’ code without a function, you can build up your Query object in steps like this:

var query = models.Interviews.find({});
if (!user) {
    query = query.where('group').equals(group_id).where('disabled').equals(false);
}
query.exec(function (err, interviews) {
    // stuff
});