seeder.js

Seed your MongoDB database easily

Install

npm -g install seeder # to use it as a standalone CLI
npm install seeder # to use it as an api

Usage

CLI

  Usage: seeder [options]

  Options:

    -h, --help          output usage information
    -V, --version       output the version number
    -m, --models <dir>  models directory
    -s, --seeds <dir>   seeds directory
    -q, --quiet         quiet mode
    --mongo-url [url]   mongo database url (can be replaced with the MONGO_URL env variable)

Works with a seed directory like this one:

seeds/
  cat/ # For the Cat model
    keyboardCat.json
    5252ce4ce4cfcd16f55cfa3d.json
  access-token/ # For the AccessToken model
    ...
  ...

seeds/cat/keyboardCat.json

{
  "_id": "5252ce4ce4cfcd16f55cfade",
  "name": "keyboardCat",
}

If the _id key is missing, it will try to use the file name instead:

seeds/cat/5252ce4ce4cfcd16f55cfa3d.json

{
  "name": "Bobby",
}

API

var seeder = require('seeder');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');

var seedObjects = {
  cat: {
    "5252ce4ce4cfcd16f55cfa3d": {
      name: "Bobby"
    },
    "keyboardCat": {
      _id: "5252ce4ce4cfcd16f55cfade",
      name: "keyboardCat"
    }
  }
};

mongoose.connect("mongodb://localhost/test");
mongoose.connection.on('open', function mongooseOpen(err) {
  if(err) {
    throw err;
  }
  seeder(seedObjects, mongoose, console.log, function done(err) {
    if(err) {
      throw err;
    }
    console.log("  Done !");
  });
});

Author

• Robin Ricard