Node: Updating DB with PUT not working for MongoDB - node.js

Question

My GET returns an array of 2 simple objects from the DB:
[
{
"_id": "60491b5741893d23216d2de3",
"text": "test`",
"score": 19,
"createdAt": "2021-03-10T19:17:43.809Z"
},
{
"_id": "604947c7b3a7ed28c43c05b7",
"text": "HELLO",
"score": 22,
"createdAt": "2021-03-10T22:27:19.739Z"
}
]
In Postman, I am trying to do a PUT to /604947c7b3a7ed28c43c05b7 to update that post. In the body, I am sending:
{
"text": "Updated post test",
"score": 100
}
and my node route looks like this:
router.put('/:id', async(req,res) => {
const posts = await loadPostsCollection();
const post = {};
if (req.body.text) post.text = req.body.text;
if (req.body.score) post.score = req.body.score;
await posts.findOneAndUpdate(
{ _id: req.params.id },
{ $set: post },
{ new: true }
);
res.status(200).send();
})
I am getting a success message back but when I do a GET to see the array, the value hasn't changed for that post.

Answer 1

I am assuming you're using the native mongodb node driver. In mongoose findOneAndUpdate() will not actually execute the query unless a callback function is passed. I don't know this with full certainly, but it sounds like the native driver works the same way. So you would have to rewrite your code like so:
posts.findOneAndUpdate(
{ _id: req.params.id },
{ $set: post },
{ new: true },
result => {console.log(result)}
);
Another way to do it is by appending .then() to the end, because according to the docs, it return a promise if no callback is passed. So here is how I would do it:
await posts.findOneAndUpdate(
{ _id: req.params.id },
{ $set: post },
{ new: true }
).then(r => r);