Interface Model<TRawDocType, TQueryHelpers, TInstanceMethods, TVirtuals, THydratedDocumentType, TSchema>

Models are fancy constructors compiled from Schema definitions. An instance of a model is called a document. Models are responsible for creating and reading documents from the underlying MongoDB database

interface Model<TRawDocType, TQueryHelpers, TInstanceMethods, TVirtuals, THydratedDocumentType, TSchema> {
    new Modelnew <DocType>(doc?, fields?, options?): THydratedDocumentType;
    base: default;
    baseModelName: string;
    collection: mongoose.Collection<mongoose.mongo.BSON.Document>;
    db: Connection;
    discriminators: {
        [name: string]: mongoose.Model<any>;
    };
    events: EventEmitter<DefaultEventMap>;
    modelName: string;
    schema: Schema<TRawDocType, mongoose.Model<TRawDocType, any, any, any, IfAny<TRawDocType, any, mongoose.Document<unknown, any, TRawDocType> & Require_id<TRawDocType>>, any>, {}, {}, {}, {}, DefaultSchemaOptions, ObtainDocumentType<any, TRawDocType, ResolveSchemaOptions<DefaultSchemaOptions>>, IfAny<FlatRecord<ObtainDocumentType<any, TRawDocType, ResolveSchemaOptions<DefaultSchemaOptions>>>, any, mongoose.Document<unknown, {}, FlatRecord<ObtainDocumentType<any, TRawDocType, ResolveSchemaOptions<DefaultSchemaOptions>>>> & Require_id<FlatRecord<ObtainDocumentType<any, TRawDocType, ResolveSchemaOptions<DefaultSchemaOptions>>>>>>;
    $where(argument): QueryWithHelpers<THydratedDocumentType[], THydratedDocumentType, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "find">;
    [captureRejectionSymbol]?<K>(error, event, ...args): void;
    addListener<K>(eventName, listener): this;
    aggregate<R>(pipeline?, options?): Aggregate<R[]>;
    aggregate<R>(pipeline): Aggregate<R[]>;
    bulkSave(documents, options?): Promise<BulkWriteResult>;
    bulkWrite<DocContents>(writes, options): Promise<BulkWriteResult & {
        mongoose?: {
            validationErrors: Error[];
        };
    }>;
    bulkWrite<DocContents>(writes, options?): Promise<BulkWriteResult>;
    castObject(obj, options?): TRawDocType;
    count(filter?): QueryWithHelpers<number, THydratedDocumentType, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "count">;
    countDocuments(filter?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<number, THydratedDocumentType, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "countDocuments">;
    create<DocContents>(docs, options): Promise<(THydratedDocumentType | Error)[]>;
    create<DocContents>(docs, options?): Promise<THydratedDocumentType[]>;
    create<DocContents>(doc): Promise<THydratedDocumentType>;
    create<DocContents>(...docs): Promise<THydratedDocumentType[]>;
    createCollection<T>(options?): Promise<mongoose.mongo.Collection<T>>;
    createIndexes(options?): Promise<void>;
    deleteMany(filter?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<DeleteResult, THydratedDocumentType, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "deleteMany">;
    deleteMany(filter): QueryWithHelpers<DeleteResult, THydratedDocumentType, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "deleteMany">;
    deleteOne(filter?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<DeleteResult, THydratedDocumentType, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "deleteOne">;
    deleteOne(filter): QueryWithHelpers<DeleteResult, THydratedDocumentType, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "deleteOne">;
    diffIndexes(options?): Promise<IndexesDiff>;
    discriminator<D>(name, schema, value?): mongoose.Model<D, {}, {}, {}, IfAny<D, any, mongoose.Document<unknown, {}, D> & Require_id<D>>, any>;
    discriminator<T, U>(name, schema, value?): U;
    distinct<ReturnType>(field, filter?): QueryWithHelpers<ReturnType[], THydratedDocumentType, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "distinct">;
    emit<K>(eventName, ...args): boolean;
    ensureIndexes(options?): Promise<void>;
    estimatedDocumentCount(options?): QueryWithHelpers<number, THydratedDocumentType, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "estimatedDocumentCount">;
    eventNames(): (string | symbol)[];
    exists(filter): QueryWithHelpers<{
        _id: InferId<TRawDocType>;
    }, THydratedDocumentType, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOne">;
    find<ResultDoc>(filter, projection, options): QueryWithHelpers<Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>[], ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "find">;
    find<ResultDoc>(filter, projection?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc[], ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "find">;
    find<ResultDoc>(filter, projection?): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc[], ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "find">;
    find<ResultDoc>(filter): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc[], ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "find">;
    find<ResultDoc>(): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc[], ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "find">;
    findById<ResultDoc>(id, projection, options): QueryWithHelpers<TRawDocType extends any[]
        ? Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>[]
        : Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOne">;
    findById<ResultDoc>(id, projection?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOne">;
    findById<ResultDoc>(id, projection?): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOne">;
    findByIdAndDelete<ResultDoc>(id, options): QueryWithHelpers<TRawDocType extends any[]
        ? Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>[]
        : Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndDelete">;
    findByIdAndDelete<ResultDoc>(id, options): QueryWithHelpers<mongoose.ModifyResult<ResultDoc>, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndDelete">;
    findByIdAndDelete<ResultDoc>(id?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndDelete">;
    findByIdAndRemove<ResultDoc>(id, options): QueryWithHelpers<TRawDocType extends any[]
        ? Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>[]
        : Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndDelete">;
    findByIdAndRemove<ResultDoc>(id?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndDelete">;
    findByIdAndUpdate<ResultDoc>(id, update, options): QueryWithHelpers<TRawDocType extends any[]
        ? Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>[]
        : Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndUpdate">;
    findByIdAndUpdate<ResultDoc>(id, update, options): QueryWithHelpers<mongoose.ModifyResult<ResultDoc>, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndUpdate">;
    findByIdAndUpdate<ResultDoc>(id, update, options): QueryWithHelpers<mongoose.ModifyResult<ResultDoc>, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndUpdate">;
    findByIdAndUpdate<ResultDoc>(id, update, options): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndUpdate">;
    findByIdAndUpdate<ResultDoc>(id?, update?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndUpdate">;
    findByIdAndUpdate<ResultDoc>(id, update): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndUpdate">;
    findOne<ResultDoc>(filter, projection, options): QueryWithHelpers<TRawDocType extends any[]
        ? Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>[]
        : Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOne">;
    findOne<ResultDoc>(filter?, projection?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOne">;
    findOne<ResultDoc>(filter?, projection?): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOne">;
    findOne<ResultDoc>(filter?): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOne">;
    findOneAndDelete<ResultDoc>(filter, options): QueryWithHelpers<TRawDocType extends any[]
        ? Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>[]
        : Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndDelete">;
    findOneAndDelete<ResultDoc>(filter?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<mongoose.ModifyResult<ResultDoc>, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndDelete">;
    findOneAndDelete<ResultDoc>(filter?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndDelete">;
    findOneAndRemove<ResultDoc>(filter?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndRemove">;
    findOneAndReplace<ResultDoc>(filter, replacement, options): QueryWithHelpers<TRawDocType extends any[]
        ? Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>[]
        : Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndReplace">;
    findOneAndReplace<ResultDoc>(filter, replacement, options): QueryWithHelpers<mongoose.ModifyResult<ResultDoc>, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndReplace">;
    findOneAndReplace<ResultDoc>(filter, replacement, options): QueryWithHelpers<mongoose.ModifyResult<ResultDoc>, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndReplace">;
    findOneAndReplace<ResultDoc>(filter, replacement, options): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndReplace">;
    findOneAndReplace<ResultDoc>(filter?, replacement?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndReplace">;
    findOneAndUpdate<ResultDoc>(filter, update, options): QueryWithHelpers<TRawDocType extends any[]
        ? Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>[]
        : Require_id<FlattenMaps<TRawDocType>>, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndUpdate">;
    findOneAndUpdate<ResultDoc>(filter, update, options): QueryWithHelpers<mongoose.ModifyResult<ResultDoc>, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndUpdate">;
    findOneAndUpdate<ResultDoc>(filter, update, options): QueryWithHelpers<mongoose.ModifyResult<ResultDoc>, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndUpdate">;
    findOneAndUpdate<ResultDoc>(filter, update, options): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndUpdate">;
    findOneAndUpdate<ResultDoc>(filter?, update?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "findOneAndUpdate">;
    getMaxListeners(): number;
    hydrate(obj, projection?, options?): THydratedDocumentType;
    init(): Promise<THydratedDocumentType>;
    insertMany(docs): Promise<THydratedDocumentType[]>;
    insertMany(docs, options): Promise<Require_id<TRawDocType>[]>;
    insertMany(doc, options): Promise<mongoose.mongo.InsertManyResult<Require_id<TRawDocType>> & {
        mongoose: {
            results: (Object | THydratedDocumentType | Error)[];
            validationErrors: (mongoose.Error.CastError | ValidatorError)[];
        };
    }>;
    insertMany(docs, options): Promise<mongoose.mongo.InsertManyResult<Require_id<TRawDocType>>>;
    insertMany(docs, options): Promise<mongoose.mongo.InsertManyResult<Require_id<THydratedDocumentType>>>;
    insertMany<DocContents>(docs, options): Promise<Require_id<DocContents>[]>;
    insertMany<DocContents>(docs, options): Promise<Require_id<DocContents>[]>;
    insertMany<DocContents>(doc, options): Promise<mongoose.mongo.InsertManyResult<Require_id<DocContents>> & {
        mongoose: {
            results: (Object | Error | MergeType<THydratedDocumentType, DocContents>)[];
            validationErrors: (mongoose.Error.CastError | ValidatorError)[];
        };
    }>;
    insertMany<DocContents>(docs, options): Promise<mongoose.mongo.InsertManyResult<Require_id<DocContents>>>;
    insertMany<DocContents>(docs): Promise<MergeType<THydratedDocumentType, Omit<DocContents, "_id">>[]>;
    insertMany<DocContents>(doc, options): Promise<Require_id<DocContents>[]>;
    insertMany<DocContents>(doc, options): Promise<mongoose.mongo.InsertManyResult<Require_id<DocContents>>>;
    insertMany<DocContents>(doc, options): Promise<MergeType<THydratedDocumentType, Omit<DocContents, "_id">>[]>;
    insertMany<DocContents>(docs, options): Promise<MergeType<THydratedDocumentType, Omit<DocContents, "_id">>[]>;
    insertMany<DocContents>(doc): Promise<MergeType<THydratedDocumentType, Omit<DocContents, "_id">>[]>;
    listIndexes(): Promise<any[]>;
    listenerCount<K>(eventName, listener?): number;
    listeners<K>(eventName): Function[];
    off<K>(eventName, listener): this;
    on<K>(eventName, listener): this;
    once<K>(eventName, listener): this;
    populate(docs, options): Promise<THydratedDocumentType[]>;
    populate(doc, options): Promise<THydratedDocumentType>;
    populate<Paths>(docs, options): Promise<MergeType<THydratedDocumentType, Paths>[]>;
    populate<Paths>(doc, options): Promise<MergeType<THydratedDocumentType, Paths>>;
    prependListener<K>(eventName, listener): this;
    prependOnceListener<K>(eventName, listener): this;
    rawListeners<K>(eventName): Function[];
    removeAllListeners(eventName?): this;
    removeListener<K>(eventName, listener): this;
    replaceOne<ResultDoc>(filter?, replacement?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<UpdateWriteOpResult, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "replaceOne">;
    setMaxListeners(n): this;
    startSession(options?): Promise<mongoose.mongo.ClientSession>;
    syncIndexes(options?): Promise<string[]>;
    translateAliases(raw): any;
    updateMany<ResultDoc>(filter?, update?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<UpdateWriteOpResult, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "updateMany">;
    updateOne<ResultDoc>(filter?, update?, options?): QueryWithHelpers<UpdateWriteOpResult, ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "updateOne">;
    validate(): Promise<void>;
    validate(obj): Promise<void>;
    validate(obj, pathsOrOptions): Promise<void>;
    validate(obj, pathsOrOptions): Promise<void>;
    watch<ResultType, ChangeType>(pipeline?, options?): ChangeStream<ResultType, ChangeType>;
    where<ResultDoc>(path, val?): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc[], ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "find">;
    where<ResultDoc>(obj): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc[], ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "find">;
    where<ResultDoc>(): QueryWithHelpers<ResultDoc[], ResultDoc, TQueryHelpers, TRawDocType, "find">;
}

Type Parameters

Hierarchy (view full)

Constructors

Properties

base: default

Base Mongoose instance the model uses.

baseModelName: string

If this is a discriminator model, baseModelName is the name of the base model.

Collection the model uses.

Connection the model uses.

discriminators: {
    [name: string]: mongoose.Model<any>;
}

Registered discriminators for this model.

Type declaration

events: EventEmitter<DefaultEventMap>

Event emitter that reports any errors that occurred. Useful for global error handling.

modelName: string

The name of the model

Schema the model uses.

Type declaration

    Type declaration

      Type declaration

        Type declaration

          Methods

          • Type Parameters

            • K

            Parameters

            • error: Error
            • event: string | symbol
            • Rest ...args: AnyRest

            Returns void

          • Alias for emitter.on(eventName, listener).

            Type Parameters

            • K

            Parameters

            • eventName: string | symbol
            • listener: ((...args) => void)
                • (...args): void
                • Parameters

                  • Rest ...args: any[]

                  Returns void

            Returns this

            Since

            v0.1.26

          • Type Parameters

            • R = any

            Parameters

            Returns Aggregate<R[]>

          • Type Parameters

            • R = any

            Parameters

            Returns Aggregate<R[]>

          • Sends multiple save() calls in a single bulkWrite(). This is faster than sending multiple save() calls because with bulkSave() there is only one network round trip to the MongoDB server.

            Parameters

            Returns Promise<BulkWriteResult>

          • Parameters

            • obj: AnyObject
            • Optional options: {
                  ignoreCastErrors?: boolean;
              }
              • Optional ignoreCastErrors?: boolean

            Returns TRawDocType

          • Create the collection for this model. By default, if no indexes are specified, mongoose will not create the collection for the model until any documents are created. Use this method to create the collection explicitly.

            Type Parameters

            Parameters

            Returns Promise<mongoose.mongo.Collection<T>>

          • Similar to ensureIndexes(), except for it uses the createIndex function.

            Parameters

            Returns Promise<void>

          • Does a dry-run of Model.syncIndexes(), meaning that the result of this function would be the result of Model.syncIndexes().

            Parameters

            • Optional options: Record<string, unknown>

            Returns Promise<IndexesDiff>

          • Synchronously calls each of the listeners registered for the event named eventName, in the order they were registered, passing the supplied arguments to each.

            Returns true if the event had listeners, false otherwise.

            import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
            const myEmitter = new EventEmitter();

            // First listener
            myEmitter.on('event', function firstListener() {
            console.log('Helloooo! first listener');
            });
            // Second listener
            myEmitter.on('event', function secondListener(arg1, arg2) {
            console.log(`event with parameters ${arg1}, ${arg2} in second listener`);
            });
            // Third listener
            myEmitter.on('event', function thirdListener(...args) {
            const parameters = args.join(', ');
            console.log(`event with parameters ${parameters} in third listener`);
            });

            console.log(myEmitter.listeners('event'));

            myEmitter.emit('event', 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);

            // Prints:
            // [
            // [Function: firstListener],
            // [Function: secondListener],
            // [Function: thirdListener]
            // ]
            // Helloooo! first listener
            // event with parameters 1, 2 in second listener
            // event with parameters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in third listener

            Type Parameters

            • K

            Parameters

            • eventName: string | symbol
            • Rest ...args: AnyRest

            Returns boolean

            Since

            v0.1.26

          • Sends createIndex commands to mongo for each index declared in the schema. The createIndex commands are sent in series.

            Parameters

            Returns Promise<void>

          • Returns an array listing the events for which the emitter has registered listeners. The values in the array are strings or Symbols.

            import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';

            const myEE = new EventEmitter();
            myEE.on('foo', () => {});
            myEE.on('bar', () => {});

            const sym = Symbol('symbol');
            myEE.on(sym, () => {});

            console.log(myEE.eventNames());
            // Prints: [ 'foo', 'bar', Symbol(symbol) ]

            Returns (string | symbol)[]

            Since

            v6.0.0

          • Returns the current max listener value for the EventEmitter which is either set by emitter.setMaxListeners(n) or defaults to EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners.

            Returns number

            Since

            v1.0.0

          • Shortcut for creating a new Document from existing raw data, pre-saved in the DB. The document returned has no paths marked as modified initially.

            Parameters

            • obj: any
            • Optional projection: AnyObject
            • Optional options: {
                  setters?: boolean;
              }
              • Optional setters?: boolean

            Returns THydratedDocumentType

          • Lists the indexes currently defined in MongoDB. This may or may not be the same as the indexes defined in your schema depending on whether you use the autoIndex option and if you build indexes manually.

            Returns Promise<any[]>

          • Returns the number of listeners listening for the event named eventName. If listener is provided, it will return how many times the listener is found in the list of the listeners of the event.

            Type Parameters

            • K

            Parameters

            • eventName: string | symbol

              The name of the event being listened for

            • Optional listener: Function

              The event handler function

            Returns number

            Since

            v3.2.0

          • Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName.

            server.on('connection', (stream) => {
            console.log('someone connected!');
            });
            console.log(util.inspect(server.listeners('connection')));
            // Prints: [ [Function] ]

            Type Parameters

            • K

            Parameters

            • eventName: string | symbol

            Returns Function[]

            Since

            v0.1.26

          • Alias for emitter.removeListener().

            Type Parameters

            • K

            Parameters

            • eventName: string | symbol
            • listener: ((...args) => void)
                • (...args): void
                • Parameters

                  • Rest ...args: any[]

                  Returns void

            Returns this

            Since

            v10.0.0

          • Adds the listener function to the end of the listeners array for the event named eventName. No checks are made to see if the listener has already been added. Multiple calls passing the same combination of eventName and listener will result in the listener being added, and called, multiple times.

            server.on('connection', (stream) => {
            console.log('someone connected!');
            });

            Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

            By default, event listeners are invoked in the order they are added. The emitter.prependListener() method can be used as an alternative to add the event listener to the beginning of the listeners array.

            import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
            const myEE = new EventEmitter();
            myEE.on('foo', () => console.log('a'));
            myEE.prependListener('foo', () => console.log('b'));
            myEE.emit('foo');
            // Prints:
            // b
            // a

            Type Parameters

            • K

            Parameters

            • eventName: string | symbol

              The name of the event.

            • listener: ((...args) => void)

              The callback function

                • (...args): void
                • Parameters

                  • Rest ...args: any[]

                  Returns void

            Returns this

            Since

            v0.1.101

          • Adds a one-time listener function for the event named eventName. The next time eventName is triggered, this listener is removed and then invoked.

            server.once('connection', (stream) => {
            console.log('Ah, we have our first user!');
            });

            Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

            By default, event listeners are invoked in the order they are added. The emitter.prependOnceListener() method can be used as an alternative to add the event listener to the beginning of the listeners array.

            import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
            const myEE = new EventEmitter();
            myEE.once('foo', () => console.log('a'));
            myEE.prependOnceListener('foo', () => console.log('b'));
            myEE.emit('foo');
            // Prints:
            // b
            // a

            Type Parameters

            • K

            Parameters

            • eventName: string | symbol

              The name of the event.

            • listener: ((...args) => void)

              The callback function

                • (...args): void
                • Parameters

                  • Rest ...args: any[]

                  Returns void

            Returns this

            Since

            v0.3.0

          • Adds the listener function to the beginning of the listeners array for the event named eventName. No checks are made to see if the listener has already been added. Multiple calls passing the same combination of eventName and listener will result in the listener being added, and called, multiple times.

            server.prependListener('connection', (stream) => {
            console.log('someone connected!');
            });

            Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

            Type Parameters

            • K

            Parameters

            • eventName: string | symbol

              The name of the event.

            • listener: ((...args) => void)

              The callback function

                • (...args): void
                • Parameters

                  • Rest ...args: any[]

                  Returns void

            Returns this

            Since

            v6.0.0

          • Adds a one-timelistener function for the event named eventName to the beginning of the listeners array. The next time eventName is triggered, this listener is removed, and then invoked.

            server.prependOnceListener('connection', (stream) => {
            console.log('Ah, we have our first user!');
            });

            Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

            Type Parameters

            • K

            Parameters

            • eventName: string | symbol

              The name of the event.

            • listener: ((...args) => void)

              The callback function

                • (...args): void
                • Parameters

                  • Rest ...args: any[]

                  Returns void

            Returns this

            Since

            v6.0.0

          • Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the event named eventName, including any wrappers (such as those created by .once()).

            import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
            const emitter = new EventEmitter();
            emitter.once('log', () => console.log('log once'));

            // Returns a new Array with a function `onceWrapper` which has a property
            // `listener` which contains the original listener bound above
            const listeners = emitter.rawListeners('log');
            const logFnWrapper = listeners[0];

            // Logs "log once" to the console and does not unbind the `once` event
            logFnWrapper.listener();

            // Logs "log once" to the console and removes the listener
            logFnWrapper();

            emitter.on('log', () => console.log('log persistently'));
            // Will return a new Array with a single function bound by `.on()` above
            const newListeners = emitter.rawListeners('log');

            // Logs "log persistently" twice
            newListeners[0]();
            emitter.emit('log');

            Type Parameters

            • K

            Parameters

            • eventName: string | symbol

            Returns Function[]

            Since

            v9.4.0

          • Removes all listeners, or those of the specified eventName.

            It is bad practice to remove listeners added elsewhere in the code, particularly when the EventEmitter instance was created by some other component or module (e.g. sockets or file streams).

            Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

            Parameters

            • Optional eventName: string | symbol

            Returns this

            Since

            v0.1.26

          • Removes the specified listener from the listener array for the event named eventName.

            const callback = (stream) => {
            console.log('someone connected!');
            };
            server.on('connection', callback);
            // ...
            server.removeListener('connection', callback);

            removeListener() will remove, at most, one instance of a listener from the listener array. If any single listener has been added multiple times to the listener array for the specified eventName, then removeListener() must be called multiple times to remove each instance.

            Once an event is emitted, all listeners attached to it at the time of emitting are called in order. This implies that any removeListener() or removeAllListeners() calls after emitting and before the last listener finishes execution will not remove them fromemit() in progress. Subsequent events behave as expected.

            import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
            class MyEmitter extends EventEmitter {}
            const myEmitter = new MyEmitter();

            const callbackA = () => {
            console.log('A');
            myEmitter.removeListener('event', callbackB);
            };

            const callbackB = () => {
            console.log('B');
            };

            myEmitter.on('event', callbackA);

            myEmitter.on('event', callbackB);

            // callbackA removes listener callbackB but it will still be called.
            // Internal listener array at time of emit [callbackA, callbackB]
            myEmitter.emit('event');
            // Prints:
            // A
            // B

            // callbackB is now removed.
            // Internal listener array [callbackA]
            myEmitter.emit('event');
            // Prints:
            // A

            Because listeners are managed using an internal array, calling this will change the position indices of any listener registered after the listener being removed. This will not impact the order in which listeners are called, but it means that any copies of the listener array as returned by the emitter.listeners() method will need to be recreated.

            When a single function has been added as a handler multiple times for a single event (as in the example below), removeListener() will remove the most recently added instance. In the example the once('ping') listener is removed:

            import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
            const ee = new EventEmitter();

            function pong() {
            console.log('pong');
            }

            ee.on('ping', pong);
            ee.once('ping', pong);
            ee.removeListener('ping', pong);

            ee.emit('ping');
            ee.emit('ping');

            Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

            Type Parameters

            • K

            Parameters

            • eventName: string | symbol
            • listener: ((...args) => void)
                • (...args): void
                • Parameters

                  • Rest ...args: any[]

                  Returns void

            Returns this

            Since

            v0.1.26

          • By default EventEmitters will print a warning if more than 10 listeners are added for a particular event. This is a useful default that helps finding memory leaks. The emitter.setMaxListeners() method allows the limit to be modified for this specific EventEmitter instance. The value can be set to Infinity (or 0) to indicate an unlimited number of listeners.

            Returns a reference to the EventEmitter, so that calls can be chained.

            Parameters

            • n: number

            Returns this

            Since

            v0.3.5

          • Makes the indexes in MongoDB match the indexes defined in this model's schema. This function will drop any indexes that are not defined in the model's schema except the _id index, and build any indexes that are in your schema but not in MongoDB.

            Parameters

            Returns Promise<string[]>

          • Translate any aliases fields/conditions so the final query or document object is pure

            Parameters

            • raw: any

            Returns any

          • Casts and validates the given object against this model's schema, passing the given context to custom validators.

            Returns Promise<void>

          • Parameters

            • obj: any

            Returns Promise<void>

          • Parameters

            Returns Promise<void>

          • Parameters

            Returns Promise<void>