Mongoose preventing saving two documents and sub documents - node.js

Question

I'm running into an issue using Mongoose, Express where I want to save a sub document to my user by pushing it into the sub document array, which I can do. However the issues arise when I want to delete a gamesession that is stored in the users "sessions" attribute and also delete the gamesession globally. I think the issue arises because I'm saving two seperate instances of a gamesession. Here is the code for creating a new sub document called "gamesession" and pushing it onto the users "session" attribute
//POST /posts
// Route for creating gamesessions for specific user
router.post("/gamesessions/:uID/", function(req, res, next) {
var gamesession = new GameSession(req.body);
req.user.sessions.push(gamesession);
gamesession.postedBy = req.user._id;
req.user.save(function(err, user) {
if(err) return next(err);
gamesession.save(function(err, gamesession){
if(err) return next(err);
res.json(gamesession);
res.status(201);
});
});
});
Here is my UserSchema
var UserSchema = new Schema({
posts: [PostSchema],
sessions: [GameSessionSchema],
email: {
type: String,
unique: true,
required: true,
trim: true
},
username: {
type: String,
unique: true,
required: true,
trim: true
},
password: {
type: String,
required: true
}
});
And my GameSessionSchema
var GameSessionSchema = new Schema({
postedBy: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: 'User'
},
region: {
type: String,
required: true
},
title: {
type: String,
required: true
},
description: {
type: String,
required: true
},
game: {
type: String,
required: true
},
age: String,
createdAt: {type: Date, default: Date.now},
updatedAt: {type: Date, default: Date.now},
platform: {
type: [String],
enum: ["Xbox One", "PS4", "PC"],
required: true
}
});
Edit: Adding my delete route to see if that helps
//DELETE /posts/:id/comments/:id
//Delete a specific comment
router.delete("/gamesessions/:uID/sessions/:gID", function(req, res) {
var gamesession = new GameSession(req.body);
gamesession.remove(function(err) {
req.user.save(function(err, user) {
if(err) return next(err);
res.json(user);
});
});
});
Then, when I want to delete a gamesession with a route, it only deletes the instance saved in user.sessions and when I want to query all gamesessions, it's still there, but deleted in my User document. Any ideas? I think it's because I'm saving the document twice, and if so, what's the best way to save it in user.sessions while also being able to delete from user.sessions and querying a global session.

Answer 1

Possibly not saving the removed gamesession from the GameSession document?
router.delete("/gamesessions/:uID/sessions/:gID", function(req, res) {
var gamesession = new GameSession(req.body);
gamesession.remove(function(err) {
req.user.save(function(err, user) {
if(err) return next(err);
gamesession.save(function(err, gamesession){
if(err) return next(err);
res.json({message: 'Updated GameSession Doc'}, gamesession)
})
res.json(user);
});
});
});