mongodb-models-visualizer

🚀 Swagger-like Analyzer for MongoDB (Mongoose) Models

Automatically analyze, visualize, and document your MongoDB models in a Node.js + Express application.

✨ What is mongodb-models-visualizer?

mongodb-models-visualizer is a developer tool that introspects your Mongoose models and provides:

• List of all registered models
• Schema fields with types & validations
• Model relationships (ref)
• Collection names
• Optional sample documents
• Swagger-like web UI
• JSON APIs for documentation & automation

Think of it as Swagger, but for MongoDB schemas.

🔧 Supported Stack

• Node.js ≥ 16
• Express ≥ 4
• Mongoose ≥ 6

📦 Installation

npm install mongodb-models-visualizer

or

yarn add mongodb-models-visualizer

🚀 Quick Start

1️⃣ Setup Express & Mongoose

import express from 'express'
import mongoose from 'mongoose'
import { modelAnalyzer } from 'mongodb-models-visualizer'

const app = express()

mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGO_URI)

2️⃣ Mount the Analyzer Middleware

app.use(
  '/models-analyzer',
  modelAnalyzer({
    mongoose
  })
)

3️⃣ Start the Server

app.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log('Server running on http://localhost:3000')
})

4️⃣ Open in Browser 🎉

Navigate to http://localhost:3000/models-analyzer

📸 Screenshots

Models Overview

Model Details & Schema

Field Analysis

📊 API Endpoints

🔹 Get all models

GET /models-analyzer/api/models

Example Response:

[
  {
    "name": "User",
    "collection": "users",
    "fields": [
      {
        "name": "email",
        "instance": "String",
        "required": true,
        "enum": [],
        "ref": null
      }
    ]
  }
]

🔹 Get a single model

GET /models-analyzer/api/models/:modelName

⚙️ Configuration Options

modelAnalyzer({
  mongoose,          // required
  sampleDocs: true,  // optional (default: false)
  auth: false        // optional (default: false)
})

| Option | Type | Description | |--------|------|-------------| | mongoose | Object | Mongoose instance | | sampleDocs | Boolean | Include sample documents | | auth | Boolean | Enable auth middleware |

🔐 Security (Recommended for Production)

Do NOT expose this endpoint publicly without authentication.

Example using basic auth:

import basicAuth from 'express-basic-auth'

app.use(
  '/models-analyzer',
  basicAuth({
    users: { admin: 'password' },
    challenge: true
  }),
  modelAnalyzer({ mongoose })
)

🧠 How It Works

1. Scans all registered Mongoose models
2. Extracts schema metadata
3. Parses fields, types, refs, and indexes
4. Builds structured JSON output
5. Serves data via API & UI

🗺️ Roadmap

✅ v0.1 (Current)

• Model scanner
• Schema parser
• JSON APIs

🚀 v0.2

• Swagger-like UI
• Relationship graph
• Index analyzer

🧠 v1.0

• Performance suggestions
• Migration hints
• CLI support
• Fastify & NestJS adapters

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

git clone https://github.com/Hibbanur-Rahman/mongodb-visualizer.git
cd mongodb-visualizer
npm install
npm run build

Feel free to open issues or pull requests 🚀

📄 License

MIT License © 2026

❤️ Why This Tool?

• MongoDB has no built-in schema visualization
• Helps onboarding new developers
• Great for documentation & debugging
• Inspired by Swagger & Prisma Studio