`.findOne()`

Attempt to find a particular record in your database that matches the given criteria.

usage

var record = await Something.findOne(criteria);

Usage

	Argument	Type	Details
1	criteria	((dictionary))	The Waterline criteria to use for matching this record in the database. (This criteria must never match more than one record.) `findOne` queries do not support pagination using `skip` or `limit`.

Result

Type	Description
((dictionary?))	The record that was found, or `undefined` if no such record could be located.

Errors

Name	Type	When?
UsageError	((Error))	Thrown if something invalid was passed in.
AdapterError	((Error))	Thrown if something went wrong in the database adapter.
Error	((Error))	Thrown if anything else unexpected happens.

See Concepts > Models and ORM > Errors for examples of negotiating errors in Sails and Waterline.

Example

To locate the user whose username is "finn" in your database:

javascript

var finn = await Users.findOne({
  username: 'finn'
});

if (!finn) {
  sails.log('Could not find Finn, sorry.');
}
else {
  sails.log('Found "%s"', finn.fullName);
}

Notes

This method can be used with await, promise chaining, or traditional Node callbacks.

Being unable to find a record with the given criteria does not constitute an error for findOne(). If no matching record is found, the result will be undefined.