// import async to make control flow simplier var async = require('async'); // import the rest of the normal stuff var mongoose = require('../../lib'); require('./person.js')(); var Person = mongoose.model('Person'); // define some dummy data var data = [ { name : 'bill', age : 25, birthday : new Date().setFullYear((new Date().getFullYear() - 25)) }, { name : 'mary', age : 30, birthday : new Date().setFullYear((new Date().getFullYear() - 30)) }, { name : 'bob', age : 21, birthday : new Date().setFullYear((new Date().getFullYear() - 21)) }, { name : 'lilly', age : 26, birthday : new Date().setFullYear((new Date().getFullYear() - 26)) }, { name : 'alucard', age : 1000, birthday : new Date().setFullYear((new Date().getFullYear() - 1000)) }, ]; mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/persons', function (err) { if (err) throw err; // create all of the dummy people async.each(data, function (item, cb) { Person.create(item, cb); }, function (err) { // create a promise (get one from the query builder) var prom = Person.find({age : { $lt : 1000 }}).exec(); // add a callback on the promise. This will be called on both error and // complete prom.addBack(function () { console.log("completed"); }); // add a callback that is only called on complete (success) events prom.addCallback(function () { console.log("Successful Completion!"); }); // add a callback that is only called on err (rejected) events prom.addErrback(function () { console.log("Fail Boat"); }); // you can chain things just like in the promise/A+ spec // note: each then() is returning a new promise, so the above methods // that we defined will all fire after the initial promise is fulfilled prom.then(function (people) { // just getting the stuff for the next query var ids = people.map(function (p) { return p._id; }); // return the next promise return Person.find({ _id : { $nin : ids }}).exec(); }).then(function (oldest) { console.log("Oldest person is: %s", oldest); }).then(cleanup); }); }); function cleanup() { Person.remove(function() { mongoose.disconnect(); }); }