Sometimes, we want to create a schema from a preexisting collection with Mongoose.
In this article, we’ll look at how to create a schema from a preexisting collection with Mongoose.
How to create a schema from a preexisting collection with Mongoose?
To create a schema from a preexisting collection with Mongoose, we can set the collection option when we’re creating the schema.
For instance, we write
new Schema({
url: String,
text: String,
id: Number
}, {
collection: 'question'
});
to call the Schema constructor with an object with the properties of the documents and another object that specifies the collection` that the schema references.
We reference the question collection with the schema we created.
Conclusion
To create a schema from a preexisting collection with Mongoose, we can set the collection option when we’re creating the schema.
