How do I get the objectID after I save an object in Mongoose?

Question

var n = new Chat();
n.name = \"chat room\";
n.save(function(){
    //console.log(THE OBJECT ID that I just saved);
});

I want to console.log the ob

Answer 1

Actually the ID should already be there when instantiating the object

var n = new Chat();
console.log(n._id) // => 4e7819d26f29f407b0... -> ID is already allocated

Check this answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7480248/318380