Setting up User Schema

Lecture 293:- Setting up User Schema

To set up a user schema in MongoDB, we can use Mongoose, which is a MongoDB object modeling tool designed to work in an asynchronous environment. Here are the steps to set up a user schema:

1. Install Mongoose: To install Mongoose, run the following command in your terminal:

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npm install mongoose

1. Create a new file: Create a new file called user.js in your models folder.
2. Import Mongoose: To use Mongoose, we need to import it into our user.js file:

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const mongoose = require('mongoose');

1. Define the user schema: We can define the user schema using the Schema function provided by Mongoose:

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const userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({  name: { type: String, required: true },  email: { type: String, required: true, unique: true },  password: { type: String, required: true }, });

This defines a schema with three fields: name, email, and password. The required property ensures that each field is mandatory, while the unique property ensures that the email field is unique for each user.

1. Export the schema: We need to export the schema so that it can be used in other parts of our application:

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module.exports = mongoose.model('User', userSchema);

This creates a model named User based on the userSchema that we defined earlier.

With these steps, we have successfully set up a user schema in MongoDB using Mongoose. We can now use this schema to create, read, update, and delete user data in our application.