freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/05-back-end-development-and-apis/mongodb-and-mongoose/create-and-save-a-record-of-a-model.md

id, title, challengeType, forumTopicId, dashedName

id	title	challengeType	forumTopicId	dashedName
587d7fb6367417b2b2512c09	Create and Save a Record of a Model	2	301536	create-and-save-a-record-of-a-model

--description--

In this challenge you will have to create and save a record of a model.

--instructions--

Within the createAndSavePerson function, create a document instance using the Person model constructor you built before. Pass to the constructor an object having the fields name, age, and favoriteFoods. Their types must conform to the ones in the personSchema. Then, call the method document.save() on the returned document instance. Pass to it a callback using the Node convention. This is a common pattern; all the following CRUD methods take a callback function like this as the last argument.

/* Example */

// ...
person.save(function(err, data) {
  //   ...do your stuff here...
});

--hints--

Creating and saving a db item should succeed

(getUserInput) =>
  $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/create-and-save-person').then(
    (data) => {
      assert.isString(data.name, '"item.name" should be a String');
      assert.isNumber(data.age, '28', '"item.age" should be a Number');
      assert.isArray(
        data.favoriteFoods,
        '"item.favoriteFoods" should be an Array'
      );
      assert.equal(data.__v, 0, 'The db item should be not previously edited');
    },
    (xhr) => {
      throw new Error(xhr.responseText);
    }
  );

--solutions--

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