Correct structure for grouping data in Mongoose Schema - node.js

Question

I've created a Mongoose Schema that looks like this:
var UserSchema = new Schema({
user: [{
name: {
type: String,
required: true
},
email: {
type: String,
required: true,
index: { unique: true }
},
password: {
type: String,
required: true
},
mobile: Number
}],
account: [{
locked: {
type: Boolean,
default: false
},
accountType: {
type: String,
default: "guest"
},
failedLogins: {
type: Number,
default: 0
}
}],
reset: [{
resetToken: String,
resetExpirey: Date
}],
details: [{
accountCreated: Date,
lastLogin: Date
}]
});
As you can see I've tried to group certain fields. Is this the correct way to do it? I'm now having trouble referencing the fields. I get an error when I try this:
User.create({
user.name : req.body.name,
user.email : req.body.email,
user.password: req.body.password
}, function(err) {
if (err) res.send(err);
});
Error is unexpected token '.' in user.name

Answer 1

Your create statement still needs to be proper javascript, so your left-side object literals will need to be strings.
User.create({
'user.name' : req.body.name,
'user.email' : req.body.email,
'user.password': req.body.password
}, function(err) {
if (err) res.send(err);
});
Furthermore, because Mongoose requires you to have an array instead of allowing proper sub-objects, you'll need to actually insert these as an array.
var user = {user: [{name:req.body.name, email: req.body.email, password: req.body.password}]};
User.create(user) ...
As to the "is it worth it" to do it like this, my opinion is: no. Just put all these things in the root object unless you plan on having more than one user or more than one account in this one document.