kromitj / node_seed

node seed

##The easy way to seed a mongoDB

###Steps

1 Design the schema with schemaGenerater

• run schemaGenerator.js followed by arguments that define your schema like

  node schemaGenerator.js f_name f_name l_name l_name username username password passwordDefault
  // this populates the schema.json file with:
  {
    "f_name": "f_name",
    "l_name": "l_name",
    "username": "username",
    "password": "passwordDefault"
  } 
  

2 Now run schemaToSeed.js followed by how many seeds you want to make

	node schemaToSeed.js 3
	// This populates the ./seeds/Seed.json file with:
[
  {
    "f_name": "Osbaldo",
    "l_name": "Feil",
    "username": "Rosamond.Kshlerin",
    "password": "password"
  },
  {
    "f_name": "Emmitt",
    "l_name": "Bashirian",
    "username": "Liliane_Harris",
    "password": "password"
  },
  {
    "f_name": "Tracy",
    "l_name": "Hoppe",
    "username": "Yoshiko_Little",
    "password": "password"
  }
]

3 Last step run populateDB.rb taking two arguments:

• 1: the name of database

• 2: the name of the collection

  ruby populateDB.rb blogDB user
  // this connects to the blodDB, targets the user collection and imports our Seed.json file
  

##Resources

• Read this article to get an idea of how populateDB.rb works: