Mongoose + CoffeeScript 'default' property - Getting it to work?

Question

Mongoose + CoffeeScript 'default' property - Getting it to work?

As you know, MongooseJS has a "default" property available. For instance, if I want a Date property on my object, and I want that date to automatically default to the time at which the record is created, I would define it in the schema as:

var myObject = mongoose.Schema({
  date: {type: Date, default: Date.now}
});

Now, the problem with doing this in CoffeeScript is that default is a reserved keyword in JavaScript, so the CoffeeScript compiler automatically wraps default in double quotes, so this CoffeeScript code:

myObject = mongoose.Schema
    date:
        type: Date
        default: Date.now

is compiled as:

var myObject;
myObject = mongoose.Schema({
    date: {type: Date, "default": Date.now}
});

This results in the default parameter not working as intended. Perhaps I'm missing something but everything I have tried just is not working. I shouldn't need to manually set the date when saving the record, as the default keyword already provides this functionality.

Does anyone know how to get around this?

node.js
coffeescript
mongoose

Answer 1

I have to admit I hate CoffeeScript and the like, but you probably might get around this by doing something like this:

var schema = {
   type: Date
};

schema["default"] = Date.now;

myObject = mongoose.Schema(schema);

Answer 2

So, the solution to my problem was rather simple, and a rookie mistake: I forgot to specify the Date property to return in myObject.find()...