TypeError: Invalid value for schema path | Schema.ObjectID issue

Running on OSX Snow Leopard. Not sure exactly which version of mongoose I’m using, but I just installed it today with

npm install mongoose

The code seems to be choking when I use ObjectID as the datatype for a schema field. When I change ObjectID to say String, the error disappears.

Console Output:

bretts-Mac-mini:node_code brett$ sudo node example.js 

/Users/brett/Desktop/node_code/node_modules/mongoose/lib/schema.js:108
      throw new TypeError('Invalid value for schema path `'+ prefix + i +'`');
            ^
TypeError: Invalid value for schema path `definition_id`
    at Schema.add (/Users/brett/Desktop/node_code/node_modules/mongoose/lib/schema.js:108:13)
    at new Schema (/Users/brett/Desktop/node_code/node_modules/mongoose/lib/schema.js:38:10)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/brett/Desktop/node_code/example.js:28:30)
    at Module._compile (module.js:446:26)
    at Object..js (module.js:464:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:353:31)
    at Function._load (module.js:311:12)
    at Array.0 (module.js:484:10)
    at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:190:38)

Source

var mongoose = require('mongoose');


var DefinitionRatingSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
    definition_id     : mongoose.Schema.ObjectID
  , rating            : Number
});

[brett-shwom]

Should be mongoose.Schema.ObjectId instead of mongoose.Schema.ObjectID .

Perhaps a more descriptive error message would be helpful. Something like: “Invalid Schema Type”

[enVolt]

just to highlight in ObjectId, d is small. Facing this error from yesterday, stumbled on this post twice, just figured what was wrong.