Pagination on mongoDB aggregations [Node.js] - node.js

Question

I have query something like this:
Message.aggregate([{
"$match": {
$or: [{
"to": userId
}, {
"from": userId
}]
}
},
{
"$sort": {
"createDate": -1
}
},
{
"$group": {
"_id": "$conversationId",
"from": {
"$first": "$from"
},
"to": {
"$first": "$to"
},
"content": {
"$first": "$content"
},
"createDate": {
"$first": "$createDate"
},
"unreaded": {
"$sum": {
"$cond": {
if: {
$and: [{
"$eq": [
"$unreaded", 1
]
},
{
"$eq": ["$to", userId]
}
]
},
then: 1,
else: 0
}
}
}
}
},
{
"$sort": {
"createDate": -1
}
},
{
"$lookup": {
"from": "users",
"localField": "from",
"foreignField": "_id",
"as": "from"
}
},
{
"$lookup": {
"from": "users",
"localField": "to",
"foreignField": "_id",
"as": "to"
}
},
{
"$unwind": {
"path": "$from"
}
},
{
"$unwind": {
"path": "$to"
}
},
{
"$project": {
"from.firstName": "$from.firstName",
"from.lastName": "$from.lastName",
"from.picture": "$from.picture",
"to.firstName": "$to.firstName",
"to.lastName": "$to.lastName",
"to.picture": "$to.picture",
"content": 1,
"createDate": 1,
"unreaded": 1,
"reciver": {
"$cond": {
if: {
"$eq": ["$from._id", mongoose.Types.ObjectId(userId)]
},
then: {
"firstName": "$to.firstName",
"lastName": "$to.lastName",
"_id": "$to._id"
},
else: {
"firstName": "$from.firstName",
"lastName": "$from.lastName",
"_id": "$from._id"
}
}
}
}
},
{
"$limit": 50
}
I am able now to limit records to 50 per request but problem is when I try to make pagination... I get this error when I try to add skip next to limit:
Error: Arguments must be aggregate pipeline operators
any idea how can I do that?

Answer 1

Check your args and correct mistake.
Message.aggregate([{"$match": {$or: [{"to": userId}, {"from": userId}]}}, ..., {$skip: 1}, {$limit: 1}])