MongoDB and Mongoose - Delete Many Documents with model.remove()

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Tell us what’s happening:

I have been struggling with this test, everything seems fine but the test does not pass, it keeps giving me this error ‘Model.deleteMany() no longer accepts a callback’ .

Person.remove = Person.deleteMany;

const removeManyPeople = (done) => {
  const nameToRemove = "Mary";
  Person.deleteMany({ name: nameToRemove })
    .then((result) => done(null, result))
    .catch((err) => done(err));
};

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MongoDB and Mongoose - Delete Many Documents with model.remove()

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You have posted a link to the boiler plate, this is the same if I just opened it up myself. There needs to be a snapshot or a live URL.

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3

Modify the removeManyPeople function to delete all the people whose name is within the variable nameToRemove , using Model.remove()

The instructions ask you to use Model.remove(), not Model.deleteMany().

4

Do not update the Mongoose dependency. Use the version that is in the starting boilerplate.

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When I use Model.remove(), I get this error ‘[Error: Person.remove is not a function]’ and when I look up why I get this error, it says Mongoose v7+ no longer recognizes Model.remove() as a method and that I should instead use Model.deleteMany().

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Can I share the code like this instead, Github repo link

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As @lasjorg said, it appears you installed a newer version of Mongoose rather than using versions of the dependencies in package.json. For that, you would need to delete your existing node_modules folder and run ‘npm install’ from the terminal. (I did this in VS Code on my local system.)

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Yes, this is the correct way to post your repo. However this is what happens when I try to check the code with that link Remember to submit the Live App URL.

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an url to a live app is needed for the tests to run

what link are you submitting for the live app url?

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I ended up restarting the whole project, and I saw where my mistake was now. The test passed. Thank you all, I appreciate the assistance. :slightly_smiling_face: