How to insert a doc into mongodb using mongoose and get the generated id?

Question

I\'m using mongoose to operate mongodb. Now, for testing, I want to inserting some data into mongodb by native connection.

But the question is how to get the generat

Answer 1

If you use .save then you'll get the _id back in the callback function.

var user = new User({
  a: 'abc'
});

user.save(function (err, results) {
  console.log(results._id);
});