How to add or remove a element in double nested array? - node.js

Question

Example of the document:
{
postId:'232323',
post:'This is my first post',
commentsOnPost:[
{
commentId:'232323_8888',
comment:'Congrats',
repliesOnPost:[
{
replyId:'232323_8888_66666',
reply:'Thanks',
likesOnReply:['user1','user5','user3'],
}
]
}
]
}
I want to add userid in likesOnReply if users do not exist in likesOnReply, similarly remove userid from likesOnReply if exist.
I have tried like this but not working properly
await collection('post').findOneAndUpdate(
{
postId: postId,
'commentsOnPost.commentId': commentId,
'commentsOnPost.repliesOnPost.replyId': replyId
},
{
$push: { 'commentsOnPost.$[].repliesOnPost.$.likes': userid },
},
);

Answer 1

There is no straight way to do both the operation to pull or push in a single query,
There are 2 approaches,
1) Find and update using 2 queries:
use arrayFilters to updated nested array elements
$push to insert element
$pull to remove element
var post = await collection('post').findOne({
posted: postId,
ommentsOnPost: {
$elemMatch: {
commentId: commentId,
repliesOnPost: {
$elemMatch: {
replyId: replyId
likesOnReply: userid
}
}
}
}
});
var updateOperator = "$push";
// FOUND USER ID THEN DO REMOVE OPERATION
if (post) updateOperator = "$pull";
// QUERY
await collection('post').updateOne(
{ postId: postId },
{
[updateOperator]: {
"commentsOnPost.$[c].repliesOnPost.$[r].likesOnReply": userid
}
},
{
arrayFilters: [
{ "c.commentId": commentId },
{ "r.replyId": replyId }
]
}
)
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2) Update with aggregation pipeline starting from MongoDB 4.2:
$map to iterate loop of commentsOnPost array check condition if commentId match then go to next process otherwise return existing object
$mergeObjects to merge current object with updated fields
$map to iterate loop of repliesOnPost array and check condition if replyId match then go to next process otherwise return an existing object
check condition for likesOnReply has userid then do remove using $filter otherwise insert using $concatArrays
await collection('post').findOneAndUpdate(
{ postId: "232323" },
[{
$set: {
commentsOnPost: {
$map: {
input: "$commentsOnPost",
in: {
$cond: [
{ $eq: ["$$this.commentId", commentId] },
{
$mergeObjects: [
"$$this",
{
repliesOnPost: {
$map: {
input: "$$this.repliesOnPost",
in: {
$cond: [
{ $eq: ["$$this.replyId", replyId] },
{
$mergeObjects: [
"$$this",
{
likesOnReply: {
$cond: [
{ $in: [userid, "$$this.likesOnReply"] },
{
$filter: {
input: "$$this.likesOnReply",
cond: { $ne: ["$$this", userid] }
}
},
{
$concatArrays: ["$$this.likesOnReply", [userid]]
}
]
}
}
]
},
"$$this"
]
}
}
}
}
]
},
"$$this"
]
}
}
}
}
}]
)
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