as far as i understand, the fixtures are for testing purposes. if your fixture is for testing, then you probably doing it wrong. test data should be static for reliable reproduction.
but if you try to do something with deployment and population, then, you're using the wrong lib. Am Donnerstag, 12. September 2013 21:44:03 UTC+2 schrieb akira: > > All I want to do is create fixtures for my application doing: > > 1. Retrive an "profile" from a mongo db collection > 2. Create a new empty object object and fill it with some data from the > above profile > 3. "export" the object, in this case a "Message" > > > The module that needs a Message instance is a library called > 'pow-mongoose-fixtures'. It searches a "fixtures" folder and creates > fixures using alle the files it finds in this folder provided each of these > files export a Mongoose instance. My problem is just that the "Message" > instance that I am created depends on the results of a profile instance. > > > Was this a bit clearer? How can I create an Instance and delay passing it > to exports? > > Thanks > > > On Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:28:36 PM UTC+2, // ravi wrote: >> >> On Sep 12, 2013, at 1:27 PM, akira <nhy...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I am trying to retrive data from a MongoDB collection and pass it as an >> extended object to module exports for scaffoling purposes. The code below >> does not work, can anyone tell me why? >> > >> > //Mongoose model >> > var Profile = require('./../../models/profile'); >> > >> > Profile.findOne({'username': 'test'}, function(err, profile) { >> > exports.Message = [{ >> > "senderID": profile._id, >> > "receiverID": profile._id, >> > "text": "foobar1", >> > "seen": false, >> > 'timeSent': { >> > type: Date, >> > default: Date.now >> > }, >> > 'timeSeen': { >> > type: Date, >> > default: Date.now >> > } >> > }] >> > >> > >> > }); >> > >> >> I can’t quite tell all that’s happening above, but if the above is the >> code in your own module, then the module code returns before the callback >> (to findOne()) is run, so nothing is returned in module.exports to the >> caller/requirer. If my diagnosis is correct, maybe you can return a >> promise. >> >> —ravi >> >> >> >> > Thanks >> > >> > >> > -- >> > -- >> > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> > Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "nodejs" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to nod...@googlegroups.com >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > nodejs+un...@googlegroups.com >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> > >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to nodejs+un...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.