checking if object id is in an array of object id - node.js

Question

I am trying to do a check to see if a logged-in user's id req.user.id. is in an array of followers of the user being checked in req.params.id, bit for some reason it doesn't work.
router.get('/api/:id/isfollowing', auth, async (req, res) => {
if (req.params.id==req.user._id) {
return res.status(200).send({ "isfollowing": "Myself" })
}
try {
const followers = await Follow.find({
user: req.params.id
})
let followersArr = followers.map(follower=>{
return follower.followedBy
})
const yes = followersArr.includes(req.user._id)
// const yes = followersArr.filter((objId) => objId==req.user._id)
console.log(yes, followersArr, req.user._id)
if (yes===false) {
return res.status(200).send({ "isfollowing": false })
}
return res.status(200).send({ "isfollowing": true })
} catch (e) {
res.status(500).send()
}
})
for some reason the check doesn't work and even when using the filter, it still returns nothing. But when I console.log the values, it is right there.
[] [ 5fa4f0af4a7bf5471c41e225, 5f9dc1777a695570e878424d ] 5f9dc1777a695570e878424d
EDIT
schemas below
User schema
const userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
fullname: {
type: String,
required: true,
trim: true,
lowercase: true
},
username: {
type: String,
unique: true,
required: true,
trim: true,
lowercase: true
},
email: {
type: String,
unique: true,
required: true,
trim: true,
lowercase: true,
validate(value) {
if (!validator.isEmail(value)) {
throw new Error('Email is invalid')
}
}
},
password: {
type: String,
required: true,
minlength: 7,
trim: true,
validate(value) {
if (value.toLowerCase().includes('password')) {
throw new Error('Passwoed cannot contain "password"')
}
}
}
})
follow schema
const followSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
// the logged in user who will be trying to follow someone will be added to "followedBy"
// the user who is getting followed will be added to "user"
user: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
required: true,
ref: 'User'
},
followedBy: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
required: true,
ref: 'Showcase'
}
}, {
timestamps: true
})
I gave follow its own schema so I can record other info like time and other info whenever a user follows another.

Answer 1

If I've understand well you only need a simple query.
Since you only want to know if the id is into an array, you can check that directly with mongo. You don't need load every document into memory and use JS functions like filter or something similar.
You only need a query similar to this:
db.collection.find({
"user": ObjectId("user_id"),
"followedBy": ObjectId("follower_id")
})
This will return a document that match both values.
Check here it works and tell me if is the behaviour and output you expect.
Also I will code a mongoose query and I'll update the answer.
You can use also this query in mongoose to get how many documents find the query:
var find = await model.find({"user":mongoose.Types.ObjectId(user_id),"followedBy":mongoose.Types.ObjectId(follower_id)}).countDocuments()

Answer 2

Includes cannot be used in this case since you are trying to find ObjectId in an array.
To find if req.user._id is present in followersArr, use Array.some() function as below
const yes = followersArr.some(followerId=>{followerId.equals(req.user._id)})
The some call will iterate over the followersArr array, calling equals on each one to see if it matches req.user._id and stop as soon as it finds a match. If it finds a match it returns true, otherwise false.
You can't use something simpler like indexOf because you want to compare the ObjectIDs by value, not by reference.