Include bson library and use its BinaryParser

[w33ble]

The mongo package no longer seems to include bson's BinaryParser, so the reference doesn't work anymore. Instead of relying on mongo, I thought it appropriate to include bson in this module instead.

Related to pull request #17, just a different way to fix the problem

[kof]

you need either include bson in dependencies of package.json or use a full path to bson in mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/node_modules/bson/lib

[w33ble]

Yup, did that in fb0de2f. In 3faca48, I removed the conditional createdAt stuff, so it's always written to the record instead of parsing the _id, and then later realized it no longer needed the BinaryParser at all, so 1078b9a was created

[yzapuchlak]

Could this be pull request be accepted and a new version pushed of the module pushed to NPM (or one of the other pull requests that resolves the BinaryParser issue)? Thanks! : )

[w33ble]

The author seems to have a ton of other things going on, including several other highly-used modules, so it's probably going to be a while before this gets fixed :(. In the meantime, you can fork and fix, or use one of the pull requests in your package.json. For example, this works:
"dependencies": {
"mongoose-types": "git://github.com/w33ble/mongoose-types.git#bson-patch"
}
In this case of the latest commit on this branch, createdAt is always written to the document, so it doesn't rely on the BsonParser to extrapolate it from the record's _id. If you want the original functionality, fb0de2f will include the bson package as a dependency of mongoose-types and use that package specifically.

[yzapuchlak]

Wow, I didn't know you could list a git repo as a dependency -- that's
awesome!

What I had been doing as a temporary solution was to clone that pull
request and check it into my project repo, but the git repo dependency
solution is much more elegant and I've already switched over to it.

Thanks very much for the info! : )

[w33ble]

You're quite welcome. It's a handy little trick.

I believe you can add a specific commit to the path too, but I have yet to have that work correctly. IIRC, the syntax is git://path.to.repo#branch@sha, or something like git://github.com/w33ble/mongoose-types.git#bson-patch@fb0de2f.

And of course, if this is something you're relying on, it's probably best to fork and reference your own repo. That way you have complete control over changes. Handy in case I push a change that breaks your code ;)

[fizerkhan]

Is there any updates?

Is Mongoose-types active now?

[ghost]

Seems like this repo is inactive. You may find some forks that are still active or take a look at https://github.com/tblobaum/mongoose-troop#timestamp

[w33ble]

Thanks @jackdbernier, that module looks pretty nice!