Category Setup

The Category Model

First, we need to create the schema and operations for our new collection.

Create a new data handler for categories:

data/categories.js

const mongoose = require("mongoose");

const categorySchema = new mongoose.Schema({
  slug: { type: String, required: true, unique: true },
  name: { type: String, required: true },
  description: { type: String }, // Optional context for the category
});

const Category = mongoose.model("Category", categorySchema);

class CategoryOps {
  async getAllCategories() {
    // To be implemented
  }

  async getCategoryById(id) {
    // To be implemented
  }

  async createCategory(formData) {
    // To be implemented
  }

  async updateCategoryById(id, updates) {
    // To be implemented
  }

  async deleteCategoryById(id) {
    // To be implemented
  }
}

module.exports = new CategoryOps();

⏭ Next: Creating Categories

We have our model, but no way to interact with it yet. Next, let’s build the operations and views necessary to create our first categories.