mongoose_test.js

// mongoose_test.js
// In mongo shell, use db.blogposts.find(); to display all documents.
// Published as https://github.com/MikeTheTechie/node-test
var sys=require('sys');
var mongoose=require('mongoose');
sys.debug("Starting ...");

var Schema = mongoose.Schema
, ObjectId = Schema.ObjectId;

var Comments = new Schema({
    title     : String
  , body      : String
  , date      : Date
});

var BlogPost = new Schema({
    author    : String
  , title     : String
  , body      : String
  , date      : Date
  , comments  : [Comments]
  , meta      : {
        votes : Number
      , favs  : Number
    }
});

// define the model for the collection 
mongoose.model('BlogPost', BlogPost);

mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/my_blogs');
// Once we define a model through `mongoose.model('ModelName', mySchema)`, we can access it through the same function

var myBlogPost = mongoose.model('BlogPost');

// We can then instantiate it, and save it:

var post = new myBlogPost();
post.author='mike';

// create a comment
post.comments.push({ title: 'My comment', body: 'My body text' });

// save the document to the collection
post.save(function (err) {
	if (err) {
		sys.debug("Error returned by save.  " + err );
	}
	else
		{sys.debug("Worked!");};
	// close the node process. I'm not 100% sure why this is necessary - todo review/investigate.
	process.exit(1);
  //
});