Mongoose: Update of array inside another nested array element not working as expected - node.js

Question

Here is my mongo schema:
{
"_id": ObjectId("5f8af2fc5f23667adf3bbaf2"),
"score": 2.5,
"questions": [{
"_id": ObjectId("5f8af30d5f23667adf3bbaf5"),
"desc": "some text",
},
{
"_id": ObjectId("5f8af3115f23667adf3bbaf8"),
"desc": "some text",
"options": [{
"_id": ObjectId("5f8af3115f23667adf3bbaf9"),
"name": "some name",
"desc": "description 1"
},
{
"_id": ObjectId("5f8af3115f23667adf3bbafa"),
"name": "some name",
"desc": "description 2"
}
]
}
]
}
I've to update the name and desc of the option having id as 5f8af3115f23667adf3bbaf9 which is in the one of the array elements of the question attribute having id as 5f8af30d5f23667adf3bbaf5 which is again part of the data having id as 5f8af2fc5f23667adf3bbaf2
Tried the following query which is getting executed successfully but not updating the option:
Model.findOneAndUpdate({
_id : ObjectId("5f8af2fc5f23667adf3bbaf2"),
"questions._id": ObjectId("5f8af30d5f23667adf3bbaf5"),
"questions.options._id": ObjectId("5f8af3115f23667adf3bbaf9"),
}, {
$set: {
"questions.$[q].options.$[o].order": data.order,
"questions.$[q].options.$[o].definition": data.definition,
"questions.$[q].options.$[o].type": data.type,
},
},
{
arrayFilters: [{ "q._id": ObjectId(qid) }, { "o._id": ObjectId(oid) }]
})
Is tihs possible to do in a single mongoose findOneAndUpdate method?

Answer 1

Your query is correct, I have just hardcoded object id values in array filter and it is updating the documents. I have updated name and desc as u said. Do try this out. One more thing in mongoose u have to specify the object id as "mongoose.Types.ObjectId".
Therefore in your case it would be like "q._id": mongoose.Types.ObjectId("5f8af3115f23667adf3bbaf8").
And one more thing is that you are using findAndUpdate, try using update only depending on your mongoose version
Here is mongoplayground:
https://mongoplayground.net/p/TP5iCTAC5R_
Query:
db.collection.update({
_id: ObjectId("5f8af2fc5f23667adf3bbaf2"),
"questions._id": ObjectId("5f8af3115f23667adf3bbaf8"),
"questions.options._id": ObjectId("5f8af3115f23667adf3bbaf9")
},
{
$set: {
"questions.$[q].options.$[o].name": "anotherName",
"questions.$[q].options.$[o].desc": "anotherDesc"
}
},
{
arrayFilters: [
{
"q._id": ObjectId("5f8af3115f23667adf3bbaf8")
},
{
"o._id": ObjectId("5f8af3115f23667adf3bbaf9")
}
]
})
Output :
[
{
"_id": ObjectId("5f8af2fc5f23667adf3bbaf2"),
"questions": [
{
"_id": ObjectId("5f8af30d5f23667adf3bbaf5"),
"desc": "some text"
},
{
"_id": ObjectId("5f8af3115f23667adf3bbaf8"),
"desc": "some text",
"options": [
{
"_id": ObjectId("5f8af3115f23667adf3bbaf9"),
"desc": "anotherDesc",
"name": "anotherName"
},
{
"_id": ObjectId("5f8af3115f23667adf3bbafa"),
"desc": "description 2",
"name": "some name"
}
]
}
],
"score": 2.5
}
]