Does applying a 2dsphere index on a mongoose schema force the location field to be required?

Question

I have a mongoose schema and model defined as follows:

var mongoose = require(\'mongoose\')
  , Schema = new mongoose.Schema({
      email: {
        index:          


        

Answer 1

For mongoose 3.8.12, you set the default value:

var UserSchema = new Schema({
  location: {
    type: {
      type: String,
      enum: ['Point'],
      default: 'Point',
    },
    coordinates: {
      type: [Number],
      default: [0, 0],
    }
  }
});

UserSchema.index({location: '2dsphere'});