hera-mongoose-to-json/helpers.js

A plugin for Mongoose to normalize JSON output

/**
 * Helper to normalize ID
 */
function normalizeId(ret) {
  if (ret._id && typeof ret._id === "object" && ret._id.toString) {
    if (typeof ret.id === "undefined") {
      ret.id = ret._id.toString();
    }
  }
  if (typeof ret._id !== "undefined") {
    delete ret._id;
  }
}

/**
 * Helper to remove private paths
 */
function removePrivatePaths(ret, schema) {
  for (const path in schema.paths) {
    if (schema.paths[path].options && schema.paths[path].options.private) {
      if (typeof ret[path] !== "undefined") {
        delete ret[path];
      }
    }
  }
}

/**
 * Helper to remove version
 */
function removeVersion(ret) {
  if (typeof ret.__v !== "undefined") {
    delete ret.__v;
  }
}
module.exports = {
  normalizeId: normalizeId,
  removePrivatePaths: removePrivatePaths,
  removeVersion: removeVersion,
};