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Mongoose

The Mongoose data source allows importing collections from a Mongoose instance.
To make everything work as expected, you need to install the package @forestadmin/datasource-mongoose.
agent.js
mongoose-models.js
const { createAgent } = require('@forestadmin/agent');
const { createMongooseDataSource } = require('@forestadmin/datasource-mongoose');
const connection = require('./mongoose-models');
// Create agent and import collections from mongoose.connection
const agent = createAgent(options).addDataSource(
createMongooseDataSource(connection, { flattenMode: 'none' }),
);
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const connectionString = 'mongodb://root:password@localhost:27017';
const connection = mongoose.createConnection(connectionString);
connection.model(
'persons',
new mongoose.Schema({
name: String,
age: Number,
// Nested object
address: { streetName: String, city: String, country: String },
// List of nested objects
bills: [{ title: String, amount: Number, issueDate: Date, payedBy: [String] }],
}),
);
module.exports = connection;

Dealing with deeply nested models

One Mongoose collection split into four Forest-Admin collections
When passing flattenMode: 'none' to the Mongoose data source, the connector will map each Mongoose model to a single Forest Admin collection without transformations.
As models in Mongoose can be deeply nested, that may not be what you want:
  • Nested references will not be displayed as relations.
  • JSON editors will be displayed for nested data.

Understanding flattenMode

Text
Description
flattenMode: 'auto'
Arrays of objects and arrays of references are converted to independent Forest Admin collections. All other fields are moved to the root of each collection
flattenMode: 'manual'
You are in full control on which virtual collections are created, and which fields are moved
flattenMode: 'none'
No transformation are made: Forest Admin collection use the exact same structure than your Mongoose models
flattenMode: 'legacy'
Retro-compatibility with previous versions
not defined
Equivalent to legacy but a warning is displayed at server startup

Example

Supposing that persons records have the following format:
{
"name": "Sherlock Holmes",
"age": 54,
"address": {
"streetName": "Baker Street",
"city": "London",
"country": "Great Britain"
},
"bills": [
{
"title": "Rent",
"amount": 0,
"issueDate": "1887-04-17",
"payedBy": ["Sherlock", "John", "Mrs Hudson"]
}
]
}
The following samples are equivalent, and will import two collections into your Forest Admin panel:
  • persons with the following fields: name, age, address->streetName, address->city, address->country.
  • persons_bills with the following fields: title, amount, issueDate, payedBy.
// Automatic mode
const dataSource = createMongooseDataSource(mongoose.connection, {
flattenMode: 'auto',
});
// Manual mode
const dataSource = createMongooseDataSource(mongoose.connection, {
flattenMode: 'manual',
flattenOptions: {
// name of the Mongoose model
persons: {
// paths that should be converted to independent collections
asModels: ['bills'],
// paths that should be moved to the root of the collection
asFields: ['address'],
// or
// asFields: ['address.streetName', 'address.city', 'address.country'],
// or
// asFields: [{ field: 'address', level: 1 }],
},
},
});