Stargate's NodeJS Mongoose compatability client
npm install stargate-mongoosestargate-mongoose is a Mongoose driver for Data API which runs on top of Apache Cassandra / DataStax Enterprise.
1. Quickstart
2. Architecture
3. Version compatibility
4. Connecting to AstraDB
5. Sample Applications
6. Features
7. NodeJS MongoDB Driver Overriding (experimental)
8. API Reference
9. Developer Guide
Docker on your local machine.shell
git clone https://github.com/stargate/stargate-mongoose.git
cd stargate-mongoose
`
- Execute below script and wait for it to complete, which starts a simple Data API on local with a DSE 6.8 (DataStax Enterprise) as database backend.For macOS/Linux
`shell
bin/start_data_api.sh
`
For Windows
`shell
bin\start_data_api.cmd
`
- Create a sample project called 'sample-app'
`shell
mkdir sample-app
cd sample-app
`
- Initialize and add required dependencies
`shell
npm init -y && npm install express mongoose stargate-mongoose --engine-strict
`
OR
`shell
yarn init -y && yarn add express mongoose stargate-mongoose
`
- Create a file called
index.js under the 'sample-app' directory and copy below code into the file.
`typescript
//imports
const express = require('express');
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const stargate_mongoose = require('stargate-mongoose');
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
const driver = stargate_mongoose.driver;//override the default native driver
mongoose.setDriver(driver);
//Set up mongoose & end points definition
const Product = mongoose.model('Product', new Schema({ name: String, price: Number }));
mongoose.connect('http://localhost:8181/v1/inventory', {
username: 'cassandra',
password: 'cassandra'
});
Object.values(mongoose.connection.models).map(Model => Model.init());
const app = express();
app.get('/addproduct', (req, res) => {
const newProduct = new Product(
{
name: 'product' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 99 + 1),
price: '' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 900 + 100)
});
newProduct.save();
res.send('Added a product!');
});
app.get('/getproducts', (req, res) => {
Product.find()
.then(products => res.json(products));
});
//Start server
const HOST = '0.0.0.0';
const PORT = 8097;
app.listen(PORT, HOST, () => {
console.log(
Running on http://${HOST}:${PORT});
console.log('http://localhost:' + PORT + '/addproduct');
console.log('http://localhost:' + PORT + '/getproducts');
});
`
- Execute below to run the app & navigate to the urls listed on the console
`shell
node index.js
`- Stop the Data API once the test is complete
`shell
docker compose -f bin/docker-compose.yml down -v
`Architecture
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- Cassandra Cluster - Apache Cassandra / DataStax Enterprise Cluster as backend database.
- Stargate Coordinator Nodes - Stargate is an open source Data API Gateway for Cassandra. Coordinator is one of the primary components of Stargate which connects the API layer to the backend database. More details can be found here.
- Stargate Data API - Data API is an open source Data API that runs on top of Stargate's coordinator.
- JavaScript Clients that use Mongoose - Mongoose is an elegant mongodb object modeling library for node.js applications. By implementing a driver required by the Mongoose interface to connect to the Data API instead of native mongodb access layer, now a JavaScript client can store/retrieve documents on an Apache Cassandra/DSE backend.The current implementation of the Data API uses DataStax Enterprise (DSE) as the backend database.
Version compatibility
| Component/Library Name | Version |
|------------------------|--------------------|
| Mongoose | ^7.5.0 \|\| ^8.0.0 |
| data-api | 1.x |
| DataStax Enterprise | 6.8.x |CI tests are run using the Stargate and Data API versions specified in the api-compatibility.versions file.
Connecting to AstraDB
Here's a quick way to connect to AstraDB using
stargate-mongoose driver.`typescript
const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const { driver, createAstraUri } = require("stargate-mongoose");const uri = createAstraUri(
process.env.ASTRA_DB_API_ENDPOINT,
process.env.ASTRA_DB_APPLICATION_TOKEN,
process.env.ASTRA_DB_NAMESPACE // optional
);
mongoose.setDriver(driver);
await mongoose.connect(uri, {
isAstra: true,
});
`And the step-by-step instructions with a sample application can be found here in below guide.
https://docs.datastax.com/en/astra/astra-db-vector/api-reference/data-api-with-mongoosejs.html
Sample Applications
Sample applications developed using
stargate-mongoose driver are available in below repository.https://github.com/stargate/stargate-mongoose-sample-apps
Features
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| Operation Name | Description |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| createDatabase | When flag createNamespaceOnConnect is set to true the keyspace passed on to the mongoose.connect function via the URL, is created automatically |
| dropDatabase | Drops the database |
| createCollection | mongoose.model('ModelName',modelSchema) creates a collection as required |
| dropCollection | model.dropCollection() drops the collection |
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| Operation Name | Description |
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| countDocuments | Model.countDocuments(filter) returns the count of documents |
| deleteMany | Model.deleteMany(filter). This API will throw an error when more than 20 records are found to be deleted. |
| deleteOne | Model.deleteOne(filter, options) options - sort |
| find | Model.find(filter, projection, options) options - limit, pageState, skip, sort (skip works only with sorting) |
| findOne | Model.findOne(filter, options) options - sort Example: findOne({}, { sort: { username: -1 } }) |
| findOneAndDelete | Model.findOneAndDelete(filter, options) options - sort |
| findOneAndReplace | Model.findOneAndReplace(filter, replacement, options)
__options__
upsert: (default false)
true - if a document is not found for the given filter, a new document will be inserted with the values in the filter (eq condition) and the values in the $set and $setOnInsertoperators.
false - new document will not be inserted when no match is found for the given filter
--------
returnDocument: (default before)
before - Return the document before the changes were applied
after - Return the document after the changes are applied |
| findOneAndUpdate | Model.findOneAndUpdate(filter, update, options)
__options__
upsert: (default false)
true - if a document is not found for the given filter, a new document will be inserted with the values in the filter (eq condition) and the values in the $set and $setOnInsertoperators.
false - new document will not be inserted when no match is found for the given filter
--------
returnDocument: (default before)
before - Return the document before the changes were applied
after - Return the document after the changes are applied | |
| insertMany | Model.insertMany([{docs}], options) In a single call, only 20 records can be inserted. options - ordered |
| insertOne | Model.insertOne({doc}) |
| updateMany | Model.updateMany(filter, update, options)
__options__
upsert: (default false)
true - if a document is not found for the given filter, a new document will be inserted with the values in the filter (eq condition) and the values in the $set and $setOnInsertoperators.
false - new document will not be inserted when no match is found for the given filter
** _This API will throw an error when more than 20 records are found to be updated._ |
| updateOne | Model.updateOne(filter, update, options)
__options__
upsert: (default false)
true - if a document is not found for the given filter, a new document will be inserted with the values in the filter (eq condition) and the values in the $set and $setOnInsertoperators.
false - new document will not be inserted when no match is found for the given filter
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returnDocument: (default before)
before - Return the document before the changes were applied
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| Operator | Description |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| literal comparison | Equal to. Example: { 'first_name' : 'jim' } |
| $eq | Example: { 'first_name' : { '$eq' : 'jim' } } |
| $gt | Example (age > 25): { 'age' : { '$gt' : 25 } } |
| $gte | Example (age >= 25): { 'age' : { '$gte' : 25 } } |
| $lt | Example (age < 25): { 'age' : { '$lt' : 25 } } |
| $lte | Example (age <= 25): { 'age' : { '$lte' : 25 } } |
| $ne | Example: { 'first_name' : { '$ne' : 'jim' } } |
| $in | Example: { '_id' : { '$in' : ['nyc', 'la'] } } $in is not supported in non _id columns at the moment |
| $nin | Example: { 'address.city' : { '$nin' : ['nyc', 'la'] } } |
| $not | Not supported. Example: { 'first_name' : { '$not' : { '$eq' : 'jim' }}} |
| $exists | Example: { 'address.city' : { '$exists' : true} } |
| $all | Array operation. Matches if all the elements of an array matches the given values. Example: { 'tags' : { '$all' : [ 'home', 'school' ] } } |
| $elemMatch | Not supported. Matches if the elements of an array in a document matches the given conditions. Example: {'goals': { '$elemMatch': { '$gte': 2, '$lt': 10 }}} |
| $size | Array Operation. Example: { 'tags' : { '$size' : 1 } } |
| $and (implicit) | Logical expression. Example : { '$and' : [ {first_name : 'jim'}, {'age' : {'$gt' : 25 } } ] } |
| $and (explicit) | Example : { '$and' : [ {first_name : 'jim'}, {'age' : {'$gt' : 25 } } ] } |
| $or | Example: { '$or' : [ {first_name : 'jim'}, {'age' : {'$gt' : 25 } } ] } |$3
| Operator | Description |
|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| $elemMatch (projection) | Not supported |
| $slice | Array related operation. Example: { 'tags' : { '$slice': 1 }} returns only the first element from the array field called tags. |
| $ (projection) | Example: Model.find({}, { username : 1, _id : 0}) - This returns username in the response and the _id field |$3
| Operator | Description |
|-------------------|---------------|
| Single Field Sort | Supported |
| Multi Field Sort | Not supported |$3
| Operator | Description |
|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| $inc | Example: { '$inc': { 'points' : 5 } } |
| $min | Example: { 'col': { '$min' : 5 } } if the columns value is greater than 5, it will be updated with 5 |
| $max | Example: { 'col': { '$max' : 50 } } if the columns value is lesser than 50, it will be updated with 50 |
| $rename | Example: { $rename: { '$max' : 50 } } if the columns value is lesser than 50, it will be updated with 50 |
| $set | Example: {'update' : {'$set': {'location': 'New York'} }} |
| $setOnInsert | Example: {'update' : {'$set': {'location': 'New York'}, '$setOnInsert': {'country': 'USA'} }} |
| $unset | Example: {'update' : {'$unset': [address.location] }} |
| $addToSet | Example: {'$addToSet' : {'points': 10}}. This will add 10 to an array called points in the documents, without duplicates (i.e. ll skip if 10 is already present in the array) |
| $pop | Example: {'$pop' : {'points': 1 }}. This removes the last 1 item from an array called points. -1 will remove the first 1 item. |
| $pull | Not supported |
| $push | Example. '$push': {'tags': 'work'}. This pushes an element called work to the array tags |
| $pullAll | Not supported |
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Index operations are not supported. There is one caveat for
ttl indexes: When adding a document, you can add a ttl option (determined in seconds) that will behave in the similar way to a ttl index. For example, with the collection's client:`javascript
import { Client } from 'stargate-mongoose';
// connect to Data API
const client = await Client.connect(process.env.DATA_API_URI);
// get a collection
const collection = client.db().collection('docs');
// insert and expire this document in 10 seconds
await collection.insertOne({ hello: 'world' }, { ttl: 10 });
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Aggregation operations are not supported.
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Transaction operations are not supported.
NodeJS MongoDB Driver Overriding (experimental)
If you have an application that uses the NodeJS MongoDB driver, or a dependency that uses the NodeJS MongoDB driver, it is possible to override its use with the collections package of
stargate-mongoose. This makes your application use Data API documents instead of MongoDB documents. Doing so requires code changes in your application that address the features section of this README, and a change in how you set up your client connection.If your application uses
mongodb you can override its usage like so:In your app's
mongodb package.json entry:`
"mongodb": "stargate-mongoose@0.2.0-ALPHA-3",
`Then, re-install your dependencies
`bash
npm i
`Finally, modify your connection so that your driver connects to Data API
`javascript
import { MongoClient } from 'stargate-mongoose';// connect to Data API
const client = await MongoClient.connect(process.env.DATA_API_URI);
`If you have an application dependency that uses
mongodb, you can override its usage like so (this example uses mongoose):Add an override to your app's
package.json (requires NPM 8.3+), also, add stargate-mongoose as a dependency:```
"dependencies": {
"stargate-mongoose": "^0.2.0-ALPHA-3"
},
"overrides": {
"mongoose": {
"mongodb": "stargate-mongoose@0.2.0-ALPHA-3"
}
},
Then, re-install your dependencies
`bash`
npm i
Finally, modify your dependencies connection so that your driver connects to Data API
`javascript
import mongoose from 'mongoose';
// connect to Data API
await mongoose.connect(process.env.DATA_API_URI);
``