ReactJS + Axios + NodeJS - _id: Cannot read property 'ownerDocument' of null - node.js

Question

I have this ReactJS app connected by Axios to a backend in Node. I'm trying to update, and the payload is correct, but I have an awkward problem: it says I'm not sending the _id that I need to be updated. Here is my mongoose Schema, the request in Axios and the express backend method for it.
Axios request:
submit () {
let data = this.state.category
axios({
method: this.state.category._id ? 'put':'post',
url: `/category/${this.state.category._id || ''}`,
data: data
})
.then(res => {
let list = this.state.categoryList
list.push(res.data.category)
this.update({
alert: {
type: "success",
text: "Category updated"
},
categoryList: list
})
this.toggleLarge()
})
.catch(e => {
this.update({
category: {
errors: e.errors
},
alert: {
type: "danger",
text: "Error",
details: e
}
})
})
}
Mongoose Schema:
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const uniqueValidator = require('mongoose-unique-validator');
let Schema = mongoose.Schema;
let categorySchema = new Schema({
description: {
type: String,
unique: true,
required: [true, 'Category required']
}
});
categorySchema.methods.toJSON = function() {
let category = this;
let categoryObject = category.toObject();
return categoryObject;
}
categorySchema.plugin(uniqueValidator, { message: '{PATH} must be unique' });
module.exports = mongoose.model('Category', categorySchema);
Express method:
app.put('/category/:id', [verifyToken], (req, res) => {
let id = req.params.id;
Category.findByIdAndUpdate(id, req.body, { new: true, runValidators: true }, (err, categoryDB) => {
if (err) {
return res.status(400).json({
ok: false,
err
});
}
res.json({
ok: true,
category: categoryDB
});
})
});
Request payload:
{"description":"Saladitos","errors":{},"_id":"5e5940dd7c567e1891c32cda","__v":0}
And the response:
"Validation failed: _id: Cannot read property 'ownerDocument' of null, description: Cannot read property 'ownerDocument' of null"

Answer 1

This is the contract of findByIdAndUpdate:
A.findByIdAndUpdate(id, update, options, callback)
Your update object is req.body which contains _id. Am guessing that it will try to update _id as well, which should not happend.
Try to specify which columns you want to update
Model.findByIdAndUpdate(id, { description: req.body.description, ... }, options, callback)
Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I can see you might not change the ObjectId:_id into other names. But for people who had done that and see a similar problem, Check this. https://liuzhenglai.com/post/5dbd385f8dea5b6b578765d9
So you probably need to change your code into this
const id = request.params.id
Model.findByIdAndUpdate(
id,
{id:id ,description: req.body.description, ... },
{runValidators: true, context: 'query'},
callback
)

Answer 3

You don't have to say {id: id} just pass context is equal to query like this
{runValidators: true, context: 'query'}