Mongoose schema with field of an array of other schemas - node.js

Question

first of all, I am a beginner and currently, I am working on a social media blog type.
Now, I have my userSchema and postSchema models:
USER MODEL
const userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
name: {
type: String,
required: [true, 'Please insert your name'],
},
email: {
type: String,
required: [true, 'Please insert your email'],
unique: true,
lowercase: true, //transform into lowercase / not validator
validate: [validator.isEmail, 'Please provide a valid email'],
},
avatar: {
type: String,
},
role: {
type: String,
enum: ['user', 'admin'],
default: 'user',
},
password: {
type: String,
required: [true, 'Please provide a password'],
minLength: 8,
select: false,
},
passwordConfirm: {
type: String,
required: [true, 'Please confirm your password'],
validate: {
validator: function (el) {
return el === this.password;
},
message: 'Passwords are not the same',
},
},
passwordChangedAt: Date,
posts: [] // ???????????????
});
POST MODEL
const postSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
title: {
type: String,
required: [true, 'A post must have a title'],
},
author: {
type: String,
required: [true, 'A post must have a title'],
},
likes: {
type: Number,
default: 10,
},
comments: {
type: [String],
},
image: {
type: String,
},
postBody: {
type: String,
required: [true, 'A post must contain a body'],
},
createdAt: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now(),
select: false,
},
});
Now I don't know if it's the best approach but I was thinking of having a field in userSchema with the type of an array of postSchema so I will have for each user their own posts created. Can I do that? If not how I can achieve that?
Should I use search params fields to filter posts by the author? I am really confused how I should approach this situation. Thank you guys

Answer 1

Check out this example
const UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
username: String,
posts: [{
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: 'Post'
}]
})
const PostSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
content: String,
author: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: 'User'
}
})
const Post = mongoose.model('Post', PostSchema, 'posts');
const User = mongoose.model('User', UserSchema, 'users');
module.exports = { User, Post };
Credit: https://medium.com/#nicknauert/mongooses-model-populate-b844ae6d1ee7