Creating our model
CHAT.JS it is exported to index.js const mongoose = require ( "mongoose" ); const chatSchema = new mongoose . Schema ({ from : { type : String , required : true , }, to : { type : String , required : true , }, msg : { type : String , maxLength : 50 , }, created_at : { type : Date , required : true , }, }); const Chat = mongoose . model ( "Chat" , chatSchema ); module . exports = Chat ; index.js const Chat = require ( "./models/chat.js" ); let chat1 = new Chat ({ from : "abhi" , to : "ash" , msg : "silencer" , created_at : new Date (), }); chat1 . save () . then (( res ) => { console . log ( res ); }) . catch (( err ) => { console . log ( err ); });