Why is this insert into a schema attached collection invalid?

Question

Let's say, we have this schema :

Schemas.MyCollection = new SimpleSchema({
    something: {
        type: Object
    }
});

I want to insert something into MyCollection. For example :

var myobj = {
    aaaaaa: 11111,
    bbbbbb: 22222
};
MyCollection.insert({something: myobj});

We end up with this :

{
    _id: "someId",
    something: {}
}

When I disable simple schema checking (collection2), everything works as one expected.

Simple-schema did not report an error (collection2) so why it is invalid?

You will say the same after some hours of wastefull work thanks to genial library ... — dev1223, Sep 25 '15 at 12:21
I don't care. Your question was full of useless fluff that made reading it painful. You are angry, we get it, but please stay professional around here. — Kyll, Sep 25 '15 at 12:24

score 4 · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-25T12:27:44.107

4

@Seraph your schema is wrong

Schemas.MyCollection = new SimpleSchema({
    something: {
        type: Object
    },

    'something.aaaaa': {
      type: String
    }
});

and so on you have to write every property the object has or you can do blackbox: true if you don't want to validate the object:

something: {
  type: Object,
  blackbox: true
}

Also if it's server-side operation you can do myCollection.insert(doc, {validate: false});

edited Sep 25 '15 at 12:27

answered Sep 25 '15 at 12:23

I need the object as a Map, so blackbox: true looks like solution. – dev1223 Sep 25 '15 at 12:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 25 '15 at 20:00

0

Here is the reference to help you understand more:

https://github.com/aldeed/meteor-simple-schema#blackbox

answered Sep 25 '15 at 20:00

Lingxiao Sun

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