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    <p>NodeJS + Express, MongoDB + Mongoose</p> <p>I have a JSON feed where each record has a set of "venue" attributes (things like "venue name" "venue location" "venue phone" etc). I want to create a collection of all venues in the feed -- one instance of each venue, no dupes.</p> <p>I loop through the JSON and test whether the venue exists in my venue collection. If it doesn't, save it. </p> <pre><code>jsonObj.events.forEach(function(element, index, array){ Venue.findOne({'name': element.vname}, function(err,doc){ if(doc == null){ var instance = new Venue(); instance.name = element.vname; instance.location = element.location; instance.phone = element.vphone; instance.save(); } } } </code></pre> <p>Desired: A list of all venues (no dupes).</p> <p>Result: Plenty of dupes in the venue collection. </p> <p>Basically, the loop created a new Venue record for every record in the JSON feed.</p> <p>I'm learning Node and its async qualities, so I believe the for loop finishes before even the first save() function finishes -- so the if statement is always checking against an empty collection. Console.logging backs this claim up.</p> <p>I'm not sure how to rework this so that it performs the desired task. I've tried caolan's async module but I can't get it to help. There's a good chance I'm using incorrectly. </p> <p>Thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction -- I've searched to no avail. If the async module is the right answer, I'd love your help with how to implement it in this specific case.</p> <p>Thanks again!</p>
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