create records with associations

[Wajid Afaneh]

Hello,

i have the following model:

var User = sequelize.define('User', {

_id: {
  type: DataTypes.INTEGER,
  allowNull: false,
  primaryKey: true,
  autoIncrement: true
},
name: DataTypes.STRING,
email: {
  type: DataTypes.STRING,
  unique: {
    msg: 'The specified email address is already in use.'
  },
  validate: {
    isEmail: true
  }
},
role: {
  type: DataTypes.STRING,
  defaultValue: 'user'
}
}

the model has some associations as follows:

User.belongsToMany(models.Skill, {through: 'UserSkill', as: 'Skills'});




to save a new record i use the following request payload:

{
 "name": "Test User",
 "email": "example@example.com",,
 "skills" : [2,3]
}

where skills should represent an array of ids for skills we already have in DB, how can we save the new record and validate all skills at the same time?

Thanks,

[Mick Hansen]

You could add an afterCreate hooks to the model that looks for those values and does the necessary calls.

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Mick Hansen

@mhansendev
mhansen.io