CosmosDB + MongoAPI, updating document workaround? - node.js

Question

I've been trying to simply update a CosmosDB document via the mongodb api in my node application, I've been testing in and out, no errors but the value does not update no matter what.
I know updating array elements is not supported which is fine, but this is a top-level key-value pair. Changes simply don't happen with no error whatsoever.
I've been following the Mean.js project with uses CosmosDB + Mongoose + Node + Angular, looking at the API for updating hero and trying some of that code but it still doesn't update.
I've been reading the documentation trying to figure out the default way of handling CRUD operations within CosmosDB and which parts of the MongoAPI it supports but so far no luck.
For tests purposes, I'm using this code:
async function updateUser(id) {
try {
let user = await User.findById(id);
console.log (id);
console.log(user);
if (!user) return
user.id = id
user.firstName = 'ASDASDASASDASDASDASDASDA'
const result = await user.save()
console.log(result);
}
catch(err) {
console.log("There was an error updating user", err);
}
}
So, I've been playing around some more and managed to update a hero using this code:
updateHero('10')
async function updateHero(id) {
const originalHero = {
uid: id,
name: 'Hero2',
saying: 'nothing'
};
Hero.findOne({ uid: id }, (error, hero) => {
hero.name = originalHero.name;
hero.saying = originalHero.saying;
hero.save(error => {
return(hero);
console.log('Hero updated successfully!');
});
});
}
Now I'm just not sure why this has actually worked and why it hasn't before. The main thing that is different is that I'm using an 'uid' instead of the actual ID assigned by CosmosDB.

Answer 1

I tested sample code you provided and they both updated document successfully.
Sample document:
Snippet One:
updateUser('5b46eb0ee1a2f12ea0af307f')
async function updateUser(id) {
try {
let user = await Family.findById(id);
console.log (id);
console.log(user);
if (!user) return
user.id = id
user.name = 'ASDASDASASDASDASDASDASDA'
const result = await user.save()
console.log(result);
}
catch(err) {
console.log("There was an error updating user", err);
}
}
Output One:
Snippet Two:
updateFamily('5b46eb0ee1a2f12ea0af307f')
async function updateFamily(id) {
const updateFamily = {
_id: id,
name: 'ABCD',
};
Family.findOne({ _id : id }, (error, family) => {
family.name = updateFamily.name;
family.save(error => {
console.log(JSON.stringify(family));
console.log('Hero updated successfully!');
return(family);
});
});
}
Output Two:
In addition, you could use db.collection.update() to update document.
db.families.update(
{ _id: '5b46eb0ee1a2f12ea0af307f' },{ $set:
{
name: 'AAAA'
}
})
More details,please refer to the doc: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/method/db.collection.update/
Hope it helps you.