Randomly generating short ids for form

app/controllers/forms.server.controller.js

@@ -48,13 +48,12 @@ exports.deleteSubmissions = function(req, res) {
 exports.createSubmission = function(req, res) {
 
 	var timeElapsed = 0;
-	
+
 	console.log(req.body);
 	if(typeof req.body.timeElapsed === 'number'){
 		timeElapsed = req.body.timeElapsed;
 	}
 	var submission = new FormSubmission({
-		form: req.body._id,
 		title: req.body.title,
 		form_fields: req.body.form_fields,
 		timeElapsed: timeElapsed,
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ exports.update = function(req, res) {
     var updatedForm = req.body.form;
 
     delete updatedForm.__v;
-    delete updatedForm.created; 
+    delete updatedForm.created;
 
 	if (req.body.changes) {
 		var formChanges = req.body.changes;

app/models/form_submission.server.model.js

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ var mongoose = require('mongoose'),
 	mUtilities = require('mongoose-utilities'),
 	FieldSchema = require('./form_field.server.model.js');
 
+var shortid = require('shortid');
+
 /**
  * Form Submission Schema
  */
@@ -19,9 +21,9 @@ var FormSubmissionSchema = new Schema({
 	form_fields: [FieldSchema],
 
 	form: {
-		type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
 		ref: 'Form',
-		required: true
+		type: String,
+    default: shortid.generate
 	},
 
 	ipAddr: {

package.json

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
     "prerender-node": "^2.2.1",
     "random-js": "^1.0.8",
     "raven": "^0.9.0",
+    "shortid": "^2.2.8",
     "socket.io": "^1.4.6",
     "socket.io-redis": "^1.0.0",
     "swig": "~1.4.1",