I am writing a NodeJS server with ExpressJS, PassportJS, MongoDB, and MongooseJS. I just managed to get PassportJS to use user data obtained via Mongoose to authenticate.
But to make it work, I had to use a "findById" function like below.
var UserModel = db.model('User',UserSchema);
UserModel.findById(id, function (err, user) { < SOME CODE > } );
UserModel is a Mongoose model. I declare the schema, UserSchema earlier. So I suppose UserModel.findById() is a method of the Mongoose model?
Question
What does findById do and is there documentation on it? I googled around a bit but didn't find anything.