Mongoose Boolean default false

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I have a mongoose schema with a boolean field which I want to have a default value of false. My first guess how to do that was like that:

active: { type: Boolean, default: false }

But for some reason mongoose is always setting the field to true.

What can I do to change that?

Kunal Kapadia · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-01 18:21:08Z

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Looks like you are missing something. setting default: false for that field will auto set it to false.

const mongoose = require('mongoose');

const projectSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
    isUsed: {
        type: Boolean,
        default: false
    }
});

mongoose.model('Project', projectSchema, 'project');

answered Dec 1, 2015 at 18:21

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MickeyDickey on codidact.com Over a year ago

At first I thought "This is not a helpful answer, I am missing nothing!" And then I realized I was missing the type declaration, type: Boolean; thanks to this answer

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