Mongoose save function doesn't execute - node.js

Question

I am trying to save my model into the my db in MongoDB. This code actually works if I were to go through this code path when running the node server, however when I try to use mocha to test saving the model it doesn't get saved anymore. I have verified that the connection to mongodb is fine. Thia is the output:
before regular save
after regular save
Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks!
This is the test I am running.
var app = require('./helpers/app');
var User = require('../models/user');
var supertest = require('supertest');
var should = require('should');
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var MongoUrl = require('./../config.js').mongoUri
var clearDB = require('mocha-mongoose')(MongoUrl);
var testuser = {
username:"admin1",
password:"password",
email:"test#gmail.com",
firstname:"testfirst",
lastname:"testlast",
phonenumber:"4151231234"
};
describe("Routing", function() {
describe("Creating an account", function() {
//To run before each test. DB Clean up is implicitly done after each test.
beforeEach(function(done) {
if (mongoose.connection.db) {
return done();
}
mongoose.connect(dbURI, done);
});
it('User: Creating an account2', function(done){
var newUser = new User({
username: "testusername",
email: "test1#gmail.com",
password: "password",
phoneNumber: "12312312",
firstname: "testfirst",
lastname: "testlast"
});
console.log("before regular save");
newUser.save(function(err){
if(err){
console.log("testerror: " + err);
}
console.log("in regular save");
});
console.log("after regular save");
User.find({}, function(err, docs){
if (err) return done(err);
console.log(docs);
docs.length.should.equal(1);
done();
});
});
});
});

Answer 1

Model#save is an async function so you have to wait until it calls its callback before you can expect to be able to find the saved doc with a Model.find call.
So put the find check inside the save callback:
it('User: Creating an account2', function(done){
var newUser = new User({
username: "testusername",
email: "test1#gmail.com",
password: "password",
phoneNumber: "12312312",
firstname: "testfirst",
lastname: "testlast"
});
console.log("before regular save");
newUser.save(function(err){
if(err){
console.log("testerror: " + err);
return done(err);
}
console.log("in regular save");
console.log("after regular save");
User.find({}, function(err, docs){
if (err) return done(err);
console.log(docs);
docs.length.should.equal(1);
done();
});
});
});