Location in mongoose, mongoDB

Question

Whenever I try to store a location in my mongodb it doesn\'t show, so I guess I\'m doing something wrong. I can\'t find any documentation on how to store a location in mongo

Answer 1

I fixed it myself.

I did this in my model:

loc :  { type: {type:String}, coordinates: [Number]},

Underneath I made it a 2dsphere index.

eventSchema.index({loc: '2dsphere'});

And to add data to it:

loc: { type: "Point", coordinates: [ longitude, latitude ] },

Answer 2

Looks like your comment is correct (maybe), but the syntax for the index schemetype

here: http://mongoosejs.com/docs/api.html#schematype_SchemaType-index

It only accepts Object, Boolean, String

The correct syntax should be I think

var eventSchema = new Schema({ 
        location: { type: [Number], index: { type: '2dsphere', sparse: true}}
)

based on the example in the docs.

Answer 3

Citing from the mongoose documentation for defining coordinates in schema, I'd like to make a tiny addition to @Laurenswuyts' answer for the 'type' property.

const exampleSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
  location: {
    type: {
      type: String, // Don't do `{ location: { type: String } }`
      enum: ['Point'], // 'location.type' must be 'Point'
      required: true
    },
    coordinates: {
      type: [Number],
      required: true
    }
  }
});

Instead of leaving the 'type' property of 'location' open-ended with 'type: String', defining it with a single option enum 'Point' and setting 'required' to 'true' makes the code more robust. Then you would create index and add data the same way @Laurenswuyts did.