Models

Boardz is using Mongoose to manage it's database and these are the models that define on how the data is structured and relations/references are made.

User Model

User model is just a standard user object that is stored in the database

• Email
• Username
• Userpic
• Password
• Posts (list of posts by user)
• Message (list of messages by user)
• Timestamps : Enabled

const userSchema = new Schema(
  {
    email: {
      type: String,
      required: true,
    },
    username: {
      type: String,
      required: true,
    },
    userpic: {
      type: String,
      default: "https://i.ibb.co/B2v65By/default.png",
    },
    password: {
      type: String,
      required: true,
    },
    posts: [{ type: Types.ObjectId, ref: "Post" }],
    messages: [{ type: Types.ObjectId, ref: "Message" }],
  },
  { timestamps: true }
);

Board Model

• Author : userID
• BoardTitle
• BoardContent
• Likes: Array of userID.length === totalLikes
• Comments : Array of CommentModel
• Timestamps : Enabled

const boardPostSchema = new Schema(
  {
    author: {
      type: Types.ObjectId,
      ref: "User",
      required: true,
    },
    boardTitle: {
      type: String,
      required: true,
    },
    boardContent: {
      type: String,
      required: true,
    },
    likes: [
      {
        type: Types.ObjectId,
        ref: "User",
      },
    ],
    comments: [
      {
        type: Types.ObjectId,
        ref: "Comment",
      },
    ],
  },
  { timestamps: true }
);

Comment Model

• Comment Author : userID
• Comment Content
• Comment Likes : Array of userID.length === totalLikes
• Timestamps : Enabled

const commentSchema = new Schema(
  {
    commentAuthor: {
      type: Types.ObjectId,
      ref: "User",
      required: true,
    },
    commentContent: { type: String, required: true },
    commentLikes: [
      {
        type: Types.ObjectId,
        ref: "User",
      },
    ],
  },
  { timestamps: true }
);

Message Model

• Message Author : userID
• Messsage Content
• Timestamps : Enabled

const messageSchema = new Schema(
  {
    messageAuthor: {
      type: Types.ObjectId,
      ref: "User",
      required: true,
    },
    messageContent: { type: String, required: true },
  },
  { timestamps: true }
);