Sails js one to one populate conditions not working? - node.js

Question

I'm newbie of Sails and I've got a problem with one to one association.
First, I have model User:
module.exports = {
schema: true,
identity : "User",
tableName: "user",
attributes: {
email: {
type: 'email',
unique: true,
required: true
},
password: {
type: 'string'
},
salt: {
type: 'string'
},
merchant: {
model: 'merchant',
defaultsTo: null
},
removed: {
type: 'boolean',
required: true,
defaultsTo: false
}
}
}
And my Merchant model:
module.exports = {
schema: true,
identity : "Merchant",
tableName: "merchant",
attributes: {
name: {
type: 'string',
unique: true,
required: true
},
code: {
type: 'string',
unique: true,
required: true
},
security_key: {
type: 'string',
required: true
},
active: {
type: 'boolean',
defaultsTo: false,
required: true
},
user: {
model: 'user'
}
}
}
So when I need to find records where merchant.active = true, I write this query:
var findUser = User.find(query).populate('merchant', {active: true});
return findUser;
But it was not working at all.
Anyone any ideas to solve this properly?
P.S. my Sails version is: 0.11.1. My DB is MongoDB

Answer 1

First of all, remove defaultsTo from your association attributes. I don't like this :) I don't know if it makes the problem, but in documentation I never see this.
Also you need to execute your query, not just return it. If I take your models' declarations then I can write populate query like this.
var findUser = User.find(query).populate('merchant', {active: true});
findUser.then(function(user) {
console.log('Your user is ' + user);
}).catch(function(error) {
console.log('Your error is ' + error);
});