I am trying to find if the object is changed in pre-save and do some actions accordingly. Followinfg is my code
var eql = require("deep-eql");
OrderSchema.post( 'init', function() {
this._original = this.toObject();
});
OrderSchema.pre('save', function(next) {
var original = this._original;
delete this._original;
if(eql(this, original)){
//do some actions
}
next();
});
It returns false even when I don't change anything!
First of all, you don't need the original
object at all. You can access it in the pre
hook via this
. Secondly post
hook executes only after all pre
hooks are executed, so your code doesn't make any sense at all (check mongoose docs).
You can do the check by checking isModified
in your pre
hook and remove the post
hook at all.
OrderSchema.pre('save', function(next) {
if(!this.isModified()){
//not modified
}
next();
});
Update
In order to check if some property was modified, pass property name as a parameter to isModified
function:
if (this.isModified("some-property")) {
// do something
}