Mongoose doesn't save data to the MongoDB

Question

Below is an object literal I am trying to save to MongoDB. It is defined within the app.js file which is an Express server. As the object is hardcoded within the server, my

Answer 1

It looks like the problem is in your news schema's save middleware.

newsSchema.pre('save', function(next){
    if( !this.addedOn ) this.addedOn = new Date();
    if( !this.addedBy ) this.addedBy = {first: "admin", last: "admin"};
});

Your function receives a "next" callback which you must execute to let mongoose know that you are done and ready to save the document. Since you're not calling it, it could explain why you get nothing saved, and also no errors.

Try just calling next like this:

newsSchema.pre('save', function(next){
    if( !this.addedOn ) this.addedOn = new Date();
    if( !this.addedBy ) this.addedBy = {first: "admin", last: "admin"};
    next();
});