What is the best method to seeding a Node / MongoDB application?

Question

So, I\'m new to the MEAN stack, and I\'ve hit a wall trying to seed MongoDB. I\'m using Mongoose to communicate with the database, and there\'s a bunch of documentation suggesti

Answer 1

You JSON is not flowing your schema.

Fix your JSON to this:

{
    {
        "name": "Dan's Place",
        "rating": 3,
        "address": "125 High Street, New York, 10001",
        "coordinates": [-73.0812, 40.8732],
        "attributes": ["Hot drinks", "Food", "Premium wifi"],
        "openHours": [
            {
                "days": "Monday - Friday",
                "opening": "7:00am",
                "closing": "7:00pm",
                "closed": false
            },
            {
                "days": "Saturday",
                "opening": "8:00am",
                "closing": "5:00pm",
                "closed": false
            },
            {
                "days": "Sunday",
                "closed": true
            }
        ],
        "reviews": [
            {
                "rating": 4,
                "author": "Philly B.",
                "timestamp": "new Date('Feb 3, 2016')",
                "body": "It was fine, but coffee was a bit dull. Nice atmosphere."
            },
            {
                "rating": 3,
                "author": "Tom B.",
                "timestamp": "new Date('Feb 23, 2016')",
                "body": "I asked for her number. She said no."
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "name": "Jared's Jive",
        "rating": 5,
        "address": "747 Fly Court, New York, 10001",
        "coordinates": [-73.0812, 40.8732],
        "attributes": ["Live Music", "Rooftop Bar", "2 Floors"],
        "openHours": [
            {
                "days": "Monday - Friday",
                "opening": "7:00am",
                "closing": "7:00pm",
                "closed": false
            },
            {
                "days": "Saturday",
                "opening": "8:00am",
                "closing": "5:00pm",
                "closed": false
            },
            {
                "days": "Sunday",
                "closed": true
            }
        ],
        "reviews": [
            {
                "rating": 5,
                "author": "Jacob G.",
                "timestamp": "new Date('Feb 3, 2016')",
                "body": "Whoa! The music here is wicked good. Definitely going again."
            },
            {
                "rating": 4,
                "author": "Tom B.",
                "timestamp": "new Date('Feb 23, 2016')",
                "body": "I asked to play her a tune. She said no."
            }
        ]
    }
}

You can use mongoose-data-seed to write your own seed script that interacting your mongoose models with: https://github.com/sharvit/mongoose-data-seed