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 guys at Microsoft do it. here

import mongoose from "mongoose";

export type UserDocument = mongoose.Document & {
    email: string;
    password: string;
    passwordResetToken: string;
    passwordResetExpires: Date;
...
};

const userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
    email: { type: String, unique: true },
    password: String,
    passwordResetToken: String,
    passwordResetExpires: Date,
...
}, { timestamps: true });

export const User = mongoose.model("User", userSchema);

I recommend to check this excellent starter project out when you add TypeScript to your Node project.

https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript-Node-Starter