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Version: v1.1.x

belongsTo

belongsTo(Model, foreignKey, ownerKey)​

Now that we can access all of a post's comments, let's define a relationship to allow a comment to access its parent post. To define the inverse of a hasMany relationship, define a relationship method on the child model which calls the belongsTo method:

Collection structure​

posts:
	_id - id
	title - string
	userId - id

comments:
	_id - id
	comment - string
	postId - id
	userId - id

Usage​

import { Mongoloquent } from "mongoloquent";
import Post from "./yourPath/Post";

class Comment extends Mongoloquent {
	static collection = "comments";

	static post() {
		return this.belongsTo(Post, "postId", "_id");
	}
}

// usage
const comments = await Comment.with("post").get();

Also, you can pass collection name as a Model.

The softDelete is disabled in the target model when you pass the collection name as a model.

import { Mongoloquent } from "mongoloquent";

class Comment extends Mongoloquent {
	static collection = "comments";

	static post() {
		return this.hasMany("posts", "postId", "_id");
	}
}

// usage
const comments = await Comment.with("post").get();

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