Mongoose paranoid_remove Plugin

A simple Mongoose plugin which adds deletedAt date attribute to models that include our plugin.

Installation

npm install mongoose-paranoid_remove --save

Usage

Then require mongoose-paranoid_remove plugin on your schema file.

var removedTimestamp = require('mongoose-paranoid_remove');
 
var UserSchema = new Schema({
    name: String
});
 
UserSchema.plugin(removedTimestamp);
 
module.exports = mongoose.model('User', UserSchema);

Useful methods provided by paranoid_remove:

user.paranoid_remove(); Updates user.deletedAt, use it instead of calling the usual remove middleware.

    // users DESTROY action
    .delete(function(req, res) {
 
        User.findById(req.params.user_id, function(err, user) {
            if (err) res.send(err);
 
            user.paranoid_remove();
            user.save(function(err) {
                if (err) res.send(err);
 
                res.json({ message: 'User deleted!' });
            });
        });
 
    });

User.undeleted(err, users); Retrieves documents that have not been "removed".

  // users INDEX action
  .get(function(req, res) {
 
    User.undeleted(function(err, users) {
      if (err) res.send(err);
 
      res.json(creatures);
    });
 
  })