Sails ORM: How to know if found or Created in findOrCreate waterline function

Question

I'm using the findOrCreate waterline model function. According to the documentation here, It checks for the existence of the record in the first parameter. If it can't be found, the record in the second parameter is created. Is there any way to know whether it was created or found?

My use-case is to decide if it was conflict ( if the record already exists ) or created in the database.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 02 '16 at 07:58

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I would say it is impossible using this "shortcut" function. What I would suggest is to build you own function, which will not be complicated and really straight forward.

modelName.find(criteriaBasedOnGivenData).exec( function (err, model) {
  if (model)
    return res.ok('found')
  else
  modelName.create(modelWithGivenData).exec (function (err,model) {
    if (model)
      return res.ok('created)
  })
})

answered Dec 02 '16 at 07:58

Marek Urbanowicz

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Thanks for the reply! I was already using the logic you mentioned above but was looking if there exist a solution by just using findOrCreate! – SpaceX Dec 05 '16 at 09:33

Sails ORM: How to know if found or Created in findOrCreate waterline function

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