getting schema attributes from Mongoose Model

Question

I\'m using Mongoose.js to create models with schemas.

I have a list of models (many) and at times I\'d like to get the attributes/keys that make up a particular mo

Answer 1

Solution for lodash, function which picked all schema properties, excluding specified

_.mixin({ pickSchema: function (model, excluded) {
    var fields = [];
    model.schema.eachPath(function (path) {
       _.isArray(excluded) ? excluded.indexOf(path) < 0 ? fields.push(path) : false : path === excluded ? false : fields.push(path);
    });
    return fields;
   }
});

_.pickSchema(User, '_id'); // will return all fields except _id

_.pick(req.body, _.pickSchema(User, ['_id', 'createdAt', 'hidden'])) // all except specified properties

read more here https://gist.github.com/styopdev/95f3fed98ce3ebaedf5c