gistfile1.js

function saveObject(request) {
  // Return 200 and close the connection right away.
  // The client doesn't need to wait for the DB.
  request.reply({}).code(200);

  db.ModelFoo.create(request.params).success(function(record) {
    // This event gets fired some milliseconds later.
    // You can chain other business logic here or log success.
  });
  
  // At this point this node app is already processing other API requests
  // without having to wait for the database
}