Seed your MongoDB database easily
npm -g install seeder # to use it as a standalone CLI
npm install seeder # to use it as an api
Usage: seeder [options]
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-m, --models <dir> models directory
-s, --seeds <dir> seeds directory
-q, --quiet quiet mode
--mongo-url [url] mongo database url (can be replaced with the MONGO_URL env variable)
Works with a seed directory like this one:
seeds/
cat/ # For the Cat model
keyboardCat.json
5252ce4ce4cfcd16f55cfa3d.json
access-token/ # For the AccessToken model
...
...
seeds/cat/keyboardCat.json
{
"_id": "5252ce4ce4cfcd16f55cfade",
"name": "keyboardCat",
}If the _id key is missing, it will try to use the file name instead:
seeds/cat/5252ce4ce4cfcd16f55cfa3d.json
{
"name": "Bobby",
}var seeder = require('seeder');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var seedObjects = {
cat: {
"5252ce4ce4cfcd16f55cfa3d": {
name: "Bobby"
},
"keyboardCat": {
_id: "5252ce4ce4cfcd16f55cfade",
name: "keyboardCat"
}
}
};
mongoose.connect("mongodb:https://localhost/test");
mongoose.connection.on('open', function mongooseOpen(err) {
if(err) {
throw err;
}
seeder(seedObjects, mongoose, console.log, function done(err) {
if(err) {
throw err;
}
console.log(" Done !");
});
});- Robin Ricard