Why are my Mongoose 3.8.7 schema getters and setters being ignored?

Question

While working with Node.js, Mongoose and MongoDB, I have found that my Mongoose schema getters and setters do not fire when I perform a findOne query.

I have found an ol

Answer 1

Try

schema.virtual('password').get(function () {
    return this.username;
});

as your getter function, this is your entity instance and the value parameter doesn't mean much here.

If you were writing a setter function, you would have to write this.username = value.