Sequelize UUID with mySQL: Unable to set default value - mysql

Question

I've been trying for awhile to set id (primary key) for my Users table as UUID. However, I keep getting this error: Field 'id' doesn't have a default value, when I attempt to seed it.
This is what I have so far in my Users model:
'use strict';
const {
Model
} = require('sequelize');
module.exports = (sequelize, DataTypes) => {
class Users extends Model {};
Users.init({
id: {
type: DataTypes.UUID,
defaultValue: DataTypes.UUIDV4,
allowNull: false,
primaryKey: true
},
user_name: {
type: DataTypes.STRING,
allowNull: false,
validate: {
notNull: {
msg: 'Please add a name',
},
},
},
{
sequelize,
modelName: 'Users',
});
return Users;
Likewise, this is what I have in my Users migration file:
'use strict';
module.exports = {
up: async (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
await queryInterface.createTable('Admins', {
id: {
type: Sequelize.UUID,
defaultValue: Sequelize.UUIDV4,
allowNull: false,
primaryKey: true
},
user_name: {
type: Sequelize.STRING
},
createdAt: {
allowNull: false,
type: Sequelize.DATE
},
updatedAt: {
allowNull: false,
type: Sequelize.DATE
}
});
},
down: async (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
await queryInterface.dropTable('Users');
}
};
I'm pretty new to Sequelize, so would love some guidance on what's gone wrong!

Answer 1

By adding defaultValue: Sequelize.literal('CURRENT_TIMESTAMP'), to your createdAt and updatedAt in your migration file defaults the value to the current timestamp.
createdAt: {
allowNull: false,
type: Sequelize.DATE,
defaultValue: Sequelize.literal('CURRENT_TIMESTAMP'),
},

Answer 2

So, I think I realised the issue:
For some reason, seeding it by using a seeder file would not auto-generate the fields that I thought would be auto-generated, so I had to put them in manually.
'use strict';
const { v4: uuidv4 } = require('uuid');
module.exports = {
up: async (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
await queryInterface.bulkInsert('Users', [{
id: uuidv4(),
user_name: 'John Doe',
"createdAt": new Date(),
"updatedAt": new Date()
}], {});
},
down: async (queryInterface, Sequelize) => {
await queryInterface.bulkDelete('Users', null, {});
}
};
Initially, I had been trying to seed (running the command npx sequelize-cli db:seed:all) without the id: uuidv4() and the new Date(), which was why it didn't work.