# Utils

Discover all available utils.

## `defineMongooseModel`

This function creates a new Mongoose model with schema. Example usage:

::code-group

  ```ts [named parameters]
  export const User = defineMongooseModel({
    name: 'User',
    schema: {
      name: {
        type: String,
        required: true,
      },
    },
    options: {

    },
  })
  ```

  ```ts [positional parameters]
  import { defineMongooseModel } from '#nuxt/mongoose'

  export const User = defineMongooseModel('User', {
    name: {
      type: String,
      required: true,
    },
  }, {

  })
  ```

::


## `defineMongooseConnection`
This function creates a new Mongoose connection.
- `nuxt-mongoose` provides a default connection for you, it auto-register a plugin in nitro, so you don't need to use this function unless you want to create a new connection. more info [here](https://github.com/arashsheyda/nuxt-mongoose/blob/main/src/runtime/server/plugins/mongoose.db.ts).

Example usage:

```ts
import { defineMongooseConnection } from '#nuxt/mongoose'

export const connection = defineMongooseConnection('mongodb://127.0.0.1/nuxt-mongoose')
```