Mongoose the Typescript way…?

Question

Trying to implement a Mongoose model in Typescript. Scouring the Google has revealed only a hybrid approach (combining JS and TS). How would one go about implementing the

Answer 1

Here's how I do it:

export interface IUser extends mongoose.Document {
  name: string; 
  somethingElse?: number; 
};

export const UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
  name: {type:String, required: true},
  somethingElse: Number,
});

const User = mongoose.model('User', UserSchema);
export default User;