Question

[eric-hc]

Is there a way to interact with the db outside of koa's ctx? For instance, I want to do something like

var query = {'username': req.user.username};
req.newData.username = req.user.username;

MyModel.findOneAndUpdate(query, req.newData, {upsert: true}, function(err, doc) {
    if (err) return res.send(500, {error: err});
    return res.send('Succesfully saved.');
});

...but I do not have access to ctx.model where I want to update this. Any ideas?

[South-Paw]

This is koa-middleware, so by nature you have to have the ctx to interact with it.

If you're wanting to interact with the database outside of the ctx, then I don't think this package is the right solution for that use case (I also wouldn't recommend choosing to pass the ctx around everywhere its needed either)

Unfortunately, I don't have an open source example of how I abstracted this package into it's own files in my project so that it could be used this way.

[eric-hc]

Definitely makes sense, thanks!