How can I write query in mongodb? - node.js

Question

I have a collection of mongodb like this :
[{
"_id":"ObjectId(""51780fb5c9c41825e3e21fc4"")",
"name":"CS 101",
"students":[
{
"name":"raj",
"year":2016
},
{
"name":"rahul",
"year":2017
},
{
"name":"anil",
"year":2018
}
]
},
{
"_id":"ObjectId(""51780fb5c9c41825e3e21fs4"")",
"name":"CS 102",
"students":[
{
"name":"mukesh",
"year":2016
},
{
"name":"mohan",
"year":2017
},
{
"name":"mangal",
"year":2018
}
]
}
]
I've been looking for similar questions like this one: Mongo db - Querying nested array and objects but in that question they're looking for a specific element inside the "messages" object (in my case) for example. Same as in this other question: Query for a field in an object in an array with Mongo? where they're using $mapan d I don't think it fits my needs.
The documents to find have this structure:
[{
"_id":"ObjectId(""51780fb5c9c41825e3e21fc4"")",
"name":"CS 101",
"students":[
"raj","rahul","anil"
]
},
{
"_id":"ObjectId(""51780fb5c9c41825e3e21fs4"")",
"name":"CS 102",
"students":[
"mukesh","mohan","mangal"
]
}
]
how to solve this?

Answer 1

From the question and datasets, you are trying to return students with an array of student's name (string) instead of the array of student object.
Use $project to display students as students.name array.
db.collection.aggregate([
{
$project: {
"_id": "$_id",
"name": "$name",
"students": "$students.name"
}
}
])
Sample Solution 1 on Mongo Playground
OR
Use $set to replace the students field with students.name array.
db.collection.aggregate([
{
$set: {
"students": "$students.name"
}
}
])
Sample Solution 2 on Mongo Playground