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Mongoose bug: SchemaType Boolean tries to convert input
mongoose = require("mongoose")
mongoose.connect("mongodb://localhost/bug")
let db = mongoose.connection
db.on('error', (err) => {
return console.error('Connection error:', err)
})
testSchema = mongoose.Schema({
test: {
type: String
},
bool: {
type: Boolean
}
})
let Test = mongoose.model('Test', testSchema)
new Test({
test: 'bool true',
bool: true
}).save()
.then(() => {
return new Test({
test: 'bool false',
bool: false
}).save()
})
.then(() => {
return new Test({
test: 'string string',
bool: "string"
}).save()
})
.then(() => {
return new Test({
test: 'array empty',
bool: []
}).save()
})
.then(() => {
return new Test({
test: 'object empty',
bool: {}
}).save()
})
.then(() => {
return Test.find()
})
.then((tests) => {
// get results
console.log(tests)
// clean up db for next run
for (let test of tests) {
test.remove()
}
})
{
"name": "bug-report",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "bug.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
},
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"mongoose": "^4.9.6"
}
}
testSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
propertyThatAcceptsABoolean: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.Mixed,
validate: (input) => {
return input === true || input === false
}
}
})
// We use schemaType mixed because it leaves the input untouched,
// then we define a custom validator that only resolves if the input is a (real) boolean.
// You can change the condition to also accept values like "true", "false", 0, 1...
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