freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/05-apis-and-microservices/mongodb-and-mongoose/create-many-records-with-model.create.md

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id: 587d7fb7367417b2b2512c0a
title: Create Many Records with model.create()
challengeType: 2
forumTopicId: 301537
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## Description

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Sometimes you need to create many instances of your models, e.g. when seeding a database with initial data. `Model.create()` takes an array of objects like `[{name: 'John', ...}, {...}, ...]` as the first argument, and saves them all in the db.

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## Instructions

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Modify the `createManyPeople` function to create many people using `Model.create()` with the argument `arrayOfPeople`.

**Note:** You can reuse the model you instantiated in the previous exercise.

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## Tests

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```yml
tests:
  - text: Creating many db items at once should succeed
    testString: |
      getUserInput => $.ajax({url: getUserInput('url') + '/_api/create-many-people', type: 'POST', contentType: 'application/json', data: JSON.stringify([{name: 'John', age: 24, favoriteFoods: ['pizza', 'salad']}, {name: 'Mary', age: 21, favoriteFoods: ['onions', 'chicken']}])}).then(data => {
        assert.isArray(data, 'the response should be an array');
        assert.equal(data.length, 2, 'the response does not contain the expected number of items');
        assert.equal(data[0].name, 'John', 'The first item is not correct');
        assert.equal(data[0].__v, 0, 'The first item should be not previously edited');
        assert.equal(data[1].name, 'Mary', 'The second item is not correct');
        assert.equal(data[1].__v, 0, 'The second item should be not previously edited');
        }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
```

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## Challenge Seed

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## Solution

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