Mongoose Delete TS Plugin

mongoose-delete-ts is simple and lightweight plugin that enables soft deletion of documents in MongoDB. This code is based on plugin mongoose-delete. But completely re-written in TypeScript and using mongoose query helpers.

Installation

Install using npm

npm install mongoose-delete-ts

Before you get started

This plugin uses $equal: true for improved query performance. If you are adding this plugin to an existing project, make sure to manually update all existing documents with deleted=false

Usage

We can use this plugin with or without options.

Simple usage

1import mongooseDelete, { Deleted, DeletedQueryHelpers, DeletedMethods, DeletedStaticMethods } from 'mongoose-delete-ts';
2
3type Pet = { name: string } & Deleted;
4type PetQueryHelpers = DeletedQueryHelpers<Pet>;
5type PetStaticMethods = DeletedStaticMethods<Pet, PetQueryHelpers>;
6type PetModel = Model<Pet, PetQueryHelpers, DeletedMethods> & PetStaticMethods;
7
8const petSchema = new Schema<Pet, PetModel, DeletedMethods, PetQueryHelpers, {}, PetStaticMethods>({
9	name: String
10});
11
12petSchema.plugin(mongooseDelete);
13
14const PetPetModel = mongoose.model<PetModel>('Pet', petSchema);
15
16const fluffy = new PetModel({ name: 'Fluffy' });
17
18await fluffy.save();
19// mongodb: { name: 'Fluffy', deleted: false }
20await fluffy.delete();
21// mongodb: { name: 'Fluffy', deleted: true }
22await fluffy.restore();
23// mongodb: { name: 'Fluffy', deleted: false }
24
25const examplePetId = mongoose.Types.ObjectId("53da93b16b4a6670076b16bf");
26
27const petDocument = await PetModel.deleteById(examplePetId);
28// mongodb: { _id: '53da93b1...', name: 'Fluffy', deleted: true }

Deleted at timestamp

1import mongooseDelete, { Deleted, DeletedAt DeletedQueryHelpers, DeletedMethods, DeletedStaticMethods } from 'mongoose-delete-ts';
2
3type Pet = { name: string } & Deleted & DeletedAt;
4type PetQueryHelpers = DeletedQueryHelpers<Pet>;
5type PetStaticMethods = DeletedStaticMethods<Pet, PetQueryHelpers>;
6type PetModel = Model<Pet, PetQueryHelpers, DeletedMethods> & PetStaticMethods;
7
8const petSchema = new Schema<Pet, PetModel, DeletedMethods, PetQueryHelpers, {}, PetStaticMethods>({
9	name: String
10});
11
12petSchema.plugin(mongooseDelete, { deletedAt: true });
13
14const PetModel = mongoose.model<Pet, PetModel>('Pet', petSchema);
15
16const fluffy = new PetModel({ name: 'Fluffy' });
17
18await fluffy.save();
19// mongodb: { name: 'Fluffy', deleted: false }
20
21await fluffy.delete();
22// mongodb: { name: 'Fluffy', deleted: true, deletedAt: ISODate("2014-08-01T10:34:53.171Z")}
23
24await fluffy.restore();
25// mongodb: { name: 'Fluffy', deleted: false }

Deleted by user

1import mongooseDelete, { Deleted, DeletedBy DeletedQueryHelpers, DeletedMethods, DeletedStaticMethods } from 'mongoose-delete-ts';
2
3type Pet = { name: string } & Deleted & DeletedBy<Types.ObjectId>;
4type PetQueryHelpers = DeletedQueryHelpers<Pet>;
5type PetStaticMethods = DeletedStaticMethods<Pet, PetQueryHelpers> & DeletedByStaticMethods<Pet, Types.ObjectId, PetQueryHelpers>
6type PetModel = Model<Pet, PetQueryHelpers, DeletedMethods & DeletedByMethods<Types.ObjectId>> & PetStaticMethods;
7
8const petSchema = new Schema<Pet, PetModel, DeletedMethods, PetQueryHelpers, {}, PetStaticMethods>({
9	name: String
10});
11
12petSchema.plugin(mongooseDelete, { deletedBy: true });
13
14const PetModel = mongoose.model<Pet, PetModel>('Pet', petSchema);
15
16const fluffy = new PetModel({ name: 'Fluffy' });
17
18await fluffy.save();
19// mongodb: { name: 'Fluffy', deleted: false }
20
21const idUser = mongoose.Types.ObjectId("53da93b16b4a6670076b16bf");
22
23await fluffy.deleteByUser(idUser);
24// mongodb: { name: 'Fluffy', deleted: true, deletedBy: ObjectId("53da93b16b4a6670076b16bf")}
25
26await fluffy.restore();
27// mongodb: { name: 'Fluffy', deleted: false }

The type for deletedBy does not have to be ObjectId, you can set a custom type, such as String.

1import mongooseDelete, { Deleted, DeletedBy DeletedQueryHelpers, DeletedMethods, DeletedStaticMethods } from 'mongoose-delete-ts';
2
3type Pet = { name: string } & Deleted & DeletedBy<string>;
4type PetQueryHelpers = DeletedQueryHelpers<Pet>;
5type PetStaticMethods = DeletedStaticMethods<Pet, PetQueryHelpers> & DeletedByStaticMethods<Pet, string, PetQueryHelpers>
6type PetModel = Model<Pet, PetQueryHelpers, DeletedMethods & DeletedByMethods<string>> & PetStaticMethods;
7
8const petSchema = new Schema<Pet, PetModel, DeletedMethods, PetQueryHelpers, {}, PetStaticMethods>({
9	name: String
10});
11
12petSchema.plugin(mongooseDelete, { deletedBy: { type: String } });
13
14const PetModel = mongoose.model<Pet, PetModel>('Pet', petSchema);
15
16const fluffy = new PetModel({ name: 'Fluffy' });
17
18await fluffy.save();
19// mongodb: { deleted: false, name: 'Fluffy' }
20
21const userName = 'John Doe';
22
23await fluffy.deleteByUser(userName)
24// mongodb: { name: 'Fluffy', deleted: true, deletedBy: 'John Doe' }
25
26await fluffy.restore()

TypeScript support

Document types

Type	Adds property
Deleted	document.deleted
DeletedAt	document.deletedAt
DeletedBy<TUser>	document.deletedBy

Method types

Type	Adds method
DeletedMethods	document.delete(), document.restore()
DeletedByMethods<TUser>	document.deleteByUser(user: TUser)

Static types

Type	Adds static methods
DeletedStaticMethods<DocType>	Model.restoreOne(...), Model.restoreMany(...)
DeletedByStaticMethods<DocType, TUser>	Model.deleteOneByUser(user: TUser, ...), Model.deleteManyByUser(user: TUser, ...)

Query helper types

Type	Adds query helpers
DeletedQuery<T>	allDocuments(), deletedDocuments()

Bulk delete and restore

1// Delete multiple object
2PetModel.deleteMany({});
3PetModel.deleteMany({ age:10 });
4PetModel.deleteManyByUser(idUser, {});
5PetModel.deleteManyByUser(idUser, { age: 10 });
6
7// Restore multiple object
8PetModel.restoreMany({});
9PetModel.restoreMany({ age: 10 });

Method overridden

By default, all standard methods will exclude deleted documents from results, documents that have deleted = true. To override this behavior use allDocuments() or deletedDocuments() query helper functions or simply specify the deleted attribute manually.

only non deleted documents	only deleted documents	all documents
countDocuments()	countDocuments().deletedDocuments()	countDocuments().allDocuments()
find()	find().deletedDocuments()	find().allDocuments()
findById()	findById().deletedDocuments()	findById().allDocuments()
findOne()	findOne().deletedDocuments()	findOne().allDocuments()
findOneAndUpdate()	findOneAndUpdate().deletedDocuments()	findOneAndUpdate().allDocuments()
findByIdAndUpdate()	findByIdAndUpdate().deletedDocuments()	findByIdAndUpdate().allDocuments()
updateOne()	updateOne({ deleted: true })	updateOne({ deleted: { $in: [true, false] } })
updateMany()	updateMany({ deleted: true })	updateMany({ deleted: { $in: [true, false] } })
aggregate()	aggregate([{ $match: { deleted: true }}])	aggregate([{ $match: { deleted: { $in: [true, false] } }}])

Examples how to override one or multiple methods

1// Override all methods (default)
2petSchema.plugin(mongooseDelete, { overrideMethods: true });
3
4// Overide only specific methods
5petSchema.plugin(mongooseDelete, { overrideMethods: ['countDocuments', 'find', 'findOne'] });

Example of query helpers

1// will return only NON DELETED documents
2const documents = await PetModel.find();
3
4// will return only DELETED documents
5const deletedDocuments = await PetModel.find().deletedDocuments();
6
7// will return ALL documents
8const allDocuments = await PetModel.find().allDocuments();

Disable model validation on delete

1// By default, validateBeforeDelete is set to true
2petSchema.plugin(mongooseDelete);
3// the previous line is identical to next line
4petSchema.plugin(mongooseDelete, { validateBeforeDelete: true });
5
6// To disable model validation on delete, set validateBeforeDelete option to false
7petSchema.plugin(mongooseDelete, { validateBeforeDelete: false });

This is based on existing Mongoose validateBeforeSave option

Create index on fields

1// Index only specific fields (default)
2petSchema.plugin(mongooseDelete, { indexFields: ['deleted'] });
3// or
4petSchema.plugin(mongooseDelete, { indexFields: ['deleted', 'deletedAt'] });
5
6// Index all field related to plugin (deleted, deletedAt, deletedBy)
7petSchema.plugin(mongooseDelete, { indexFields: true });

Custom field names or schema type definition

1type Pet = { name: string; deleted_by?: string; deleted_at?: Date };
2type PetQueryHelpers = DeletedQueryHelpers<Pet>;
3type PetStaticMethods = DeletedStaticMethods<Pet, PetQueryHelpers> & DeletedByStaticMethods<Pet, string, PetQueryHelpers>
4type PetModel = Model<Pet, PetQueryHelpers, DeletedMethods & DeletedByMethods<string>> & PetStaticMethods;
5
6const petSchema = new Schema<Pet, PetModel>({
7	name: String
8});
9
10// Add a custom name for each property, will create alias for the original name (deletedBy/deletedAt)
11petSchema.plugin(mongooseDelete, { deletedBy: 'deleted_by', deletedAt: 'deleted_at' });
12
13// Use custom schema type definition by supplying an object
14petSchema.plugin(mongooseDelete, { deletedBy: { name: 'deleted_by', type: String }, deletedAt: { name: 'deleted_at' } });

Expects a Mongoose Schema Types object with the added option of name.

License

The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2021 Emil Janitzek https://pixel2.se/

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