Auto Increment Sequence Mongoose

Question

I implemented a auto increment sequence field in mongoose. I set the default/starting value as 5000. But it does not start from 5000, it starts from 1.

Heres my code:

My Counter Schema

// app/models/caseStudyCounter.js
// load the things we need
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var bcrypt   = require('bcrypt-nodejs');

// define the schema for our user model
var caseStudyCounterSchema = mongoose.Schema({
   _id: {type: String, required: true},
   seq: {type: Number, default: 5000}

});

// methods ======================

// create the model for users and expose it to our app
module.exports = mongoose.model('caseStudyCounter', caseStudyCounterSchema);

My Main Schema:

// grab the mongoose module
var caseStudyCounter = require('../models/caseStudyCounter');
var mongoose = require("mongoose");

// grab the bcrypt module to hash the user passwords
var bcrypt   = require('bcrypt-nodejs');

// define the schema for our model
var caseStudySchema = mongoose.Schema({
     caseStudyNo: Number,
     firstName: String,
     lastName: String,

 });

caseStudySchema.pre('save', function(next) {
  var doc = this;

caseStudyCounter.findByIdAndUpdate({_id: 'caId'},{$inc: { seq: 1}},{"upsert": true,"new": true  }, function(error, counter)   {
    if(error)
        return next(error);
    doc.caseStudyNo = counter.seq;
    next();
});

});
 // module.exports allows us to pass this to other files when it is called
 // create the model for users and expose it to our app
 module.exports = mongoose.model('CaseStudy', caseStudySchema);

I can't figure out why its starting form 1 when I have set the default as 5000. The sequence should be 5001, 5002, 5003 and so on. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Solution

Probably this is why it happens: https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/issues/3617#issuecomment-160296684

Use the setDefaultsOnInsert option. Or just manually use {$inc: {n:1}, $setOnInsert: {n:776} }