I am trying to use mongoose populate function but in response I am getting empty array, I have seen multiple posts regarding this
var MerchantSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
packages: [{ $type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Package'}]
},
{
typeKey: '$type',
timestamps: { createdAt: 'created_at', updatedAt: 'updated_at'}
});
module.exports = mongoose.model('Merchant', MerchantSchema);
This is my schema definition for the base model.
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var PackageSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
merchant_id: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Merchant' },
name: String,
original_price: Number,
discounted_price: Number
});
module.exports = mongoose.model('Package', PackageSchema);
And this is the model I am referring to. The data inside the Package model and Merchant model is being saved just fine.
Merchant document
Package document
But if I query using populate function I am being returned an empty string
Merchant
.findById( req.params.id, 'packages')
.populate('packages')
.exec(function (err, merchant) {
if (err)
next(err);
else
res.status(200).json(merchant);
});
Output:
{
"_id": "579b3b2dc2e8d61c0ecd2731",
"packages": []
}
Can anyone help me
Update:
Ok something really odd is happening. If I try to populate the Package document with merchant_id it is working but not the other way around.
Package
.find()
.populate('merchant_id')
.exec(function (err, packages) {
if(err)
next(err);
else
res.status(200).json(packages);
});
Output:
[
{
"_id": "579b3b51c2e8d61c0ecd2732",
"name": "Hair + Nails",
"original_price": 600,
"discounted_price": 400,
"merchant_id": {
"_id": "579b3b2dc2e8d61c0ecd2731",
"updated_at": "2016-07-29T11:17:37.474Z",
"created_at": "2016-07-29T11:17:01.216Z",
"name": "VLCC",
"logo_image": "http://vlccwellness.com/India/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/logo1.png?",
"cover_image": "http://image3.mouthshut.com/images/imagesp/925053993s.jpg?",
"__v": 1,
"tags": [],
"packages": [
"579b3b51c2e8d61c0ecd2732"
],
"work_hours": {
"opening_time": 1000,
"closing_time": 2100,
"holiday": "Sunday"
},
"information": {
"description": "Lorem Ipsum",
"gender": "Men",
"services": [
"Hair"
],
Use type insted of $type in MerchantSchema.
var MerchantSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
packages: [{ type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Package'}]
},
{
typeKey: '$type',
timestamps: { createdAt: 'created_at', updatedAt: 'updated_at'}
});
module.exports = mongoose.model('Merchant', MerchantSchema);
Verify there is an array of ObjectId against packages in your Merchant document.
Can you try by removing second parameter from the findBbyId:
Merchant
.findById( req.params.id)
.populate('packages')
.exec(function (err, merchant) {
if (err)
next(err);
else
res.status(200).json(merchant);
});
Well because your packages field on your Schema is an array you should populate it as an array as well.
Try
.populate([
{path:'packages', model:Package}
])
wher Package is the instance of your Package Model.
Make sure that packages array in Merchant schema contains ObjectIds of type string, (not number). You can ensure this with something like:
merchant.packages.map(r => { r._id = r._id + ''; });
Related
I have a find() query that when executed, I can see the json with the nested schemas that I want to see except for the 'artista' attribute only displays the id, instead of the properties I want. See below:
{
"total": 1,
"ordenes": [
{
"artpieces": [
{
"_id": "60c1388f30316c02b9f6351f",
"artista": "60c055736c7ca511055a0e1a",
"nombre": "LILIES"
},
{
"_id": "60c12fca30316c02b9f63519",
"nombre": "GERNICA",
"artista": "60c136bf30316c02b9f6351b"
}
],
"_id": "60c414f9ea108a14ef75a9fb",
"precio": 3000,
"usuario": {
"_id": "609c0068e67e68",
"nombre": "Arturo Filio"
}
}
]
}
The query I use to get the json above:
const [total, ordenes] = await Promise.all([
Orden.countDocuments(),
Orden.find()
.populate("usuario", "nombre")
.populate("artpieces", ["nombre","artista","nombre"])
]);
res.json({
total,
ordenes
});
It's an order schema that has artpieces. Each artpiece (I called it 'producto'), has a name a genre, an author/artist and the user which the order belongs to.
my Schema for the orden.js:
const { Schema, model } = require('mongoose');
const OrdenSchema = Schema({
artpieces: [
{
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
required: true,
ref: 'Producto'
}
],
estado: {
type: Boolean,
default: true,
required: true
},
usuario: {
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: 'Usuario',
required: true
},
precio: {
type: Number,
required: true
}
})
OrdenSchema.methods.toJSON = function () {
const { __v, estado, ...data} = this.toObject();
return data;
}
module.exports = model('Orden', OrdenSchema);
Last thing I want to mention, I know for a fact that I have the code necessary in the artista.js model to display the name of the artist because I have a similar query to display all the artpieces with each artpiece have a genre and an artist.
That example looks like so (to give context):
{
"total": 4,
"productos": [
{
"precio": 0,
"_id": "60c12fca30316c02b9f63519",
"nombre": "GERNICA",
"categoria": {
"_id": "60c04e3605d3c10ed10389e4",
"nombre": "NEO CUBISMO"
},
"artista": {
"_id": "60c136bf30316c02b9f6351b",
"nombre": "PICASSO"
},
"usuario": {
"_id": "609c8c0068e67e68",
"nombre": "Arturo Filio"
}
}
]
}
What am I doing wrong that I can't get my json result at the top look like the json at the bottom, where the artist attribute is?
Also just to point out, I have checked how to nest populate methods in order SO posts including the path and the ref to the Schema and still haven't been able to get the expected result.
So i have two schemas, Article and Event
Both have an image field.
For Article,
featured_image: {
type: String,
default: '',
}
For Event,
featured_image: {
type: Schema.ObjectId,
ref: 'Medium'
}
I have another schema, Card, like this
type: {
type: String,
enum: ['Article', 'Event']
},
data: {
type: Schema.ObjectId,
refPath: 'type'
}
I am trying to populate the cards, like this
Card
.find(query)
.populate({
path: 'data',
populate: [{
path: 'featured_image',
model: 'Medium',
select: 'source type'
}]
};)
However, it keeps giving me a cast error, because when card is of type Event, it populates fine, but when it's of type 'Article', featured_image field is of string type and hence cannot be populated.
How do i populate featured_image field only if card is of type Event or it's a reference id, instead of string.
Instead of what you are attempting to do you should be using "discriminators", which is in fact the correct way to handle a relationship where the object types vary in the reference given.
You use discriminators by the different way in which you define the model, which instead constructs from a "base model" and schema as in:
const contentSchema = new Schema({
name: String
});
const articleSchema = new Schema({
image: String,
});
const eventSchema = new Schema({
image: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Medium' }
});
const cardSchema = new Schema({
name: String,
data: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Content' }
});
const Medium = mongoose.model('Medium', mediumSchema);
const Card = mongoose.model('Card', cardSchema )
const Content = mongoose.model('Content', contentSchema);
const Article = Content.discriminator('Article', articleSchema);
const Event = Content.discriminator('Event', eventSchema);
So instead you define a "base model" such as Content here which you actually point the references to within Event.
The next part is that the differing schema are actually registered to this model via the .discriminator() method from the base model, as opposed to the .model() method. This registers the schema with the general Content model in such a way that when you refer to any model instance defined with .discriminator() that a special __t field is implied to exist in that data, using the registered model name.
Aside from enabling mongoose to .populate() on different types, this also has the advantage of being a "full schema" attached to the different types of items. So you have have different validation and other methods as well if you like. It is indeed "polymorphism" at work in a database context, with helpful schema objects attached.
Therefore we can demonstrate both the varied "joins" that are done, as well as that you can now both use the individual models for Article and Event which would deal with only those items in all queries and operations. And not only can you use "individually", but since the mechanism for this actually stores the data in the same collection, there is also a Content model which gives access to both these types. Which is in essence how the main relation works in the definition to the Event schema.
As a full listing
const async = require('async'),
mongoose = require('mongoose'),
Schema = mongoose.Schema;
mongoose.set('debug',true);
mongoose.Promise = global.Promise;
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/cards');
const mediumSchema = new Schema({
title: String
});
const contentSchema = new Schema({
name: String
});
const articleSchema = new Schema({
image: String,
});
const eventSchema = new Schema({
image: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Medium' }
});
const cardSchema = new Schema({
name: String,
data: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Content' }
});
const Medium = mongoose.model('Medium', mediumSchema);
const Card = mongoose.model('Card', cardSchema )
const Content = mongoose.model('Content', contentSchema);
const Article = Content.discriminator('Article', articleSchema);
const Event = Content.discriminator('Event', eventSchema);
function log(data) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(data, undefined, 2))
}
async.series(
[
// Clean data
(callback) =>
async.each(mongoose.models,(model,callback) =>
model.remove({},callback),callback),
// Insert some data
(callback) =>
async.waterfall(
[
(callback) =>
Medium.create({ title: 'An Image' },callback),
(medium,callback) =>
Content.create(
[
{ name: "An Event", image: medium, __t: 'Event' },
{ name: "An Article", image: "A String", __t: 'Article' }
],
callback
),
(content,callback) =>
Card.create(
[
{ name: 'Card 1', data: content[0] },
{ name: 'Card 2', data: content[1] }
],
callback
)
],
callback
),
// Query and populate
(callback) =>
Card.find()
.populate({
path: 'data',
populate: [{
path: 'image'
}]
})
.exec((err,cards) => {
if (err) callback(err);
log(cards);
callback();
}),
// Query on the model for the discriminator
(callback) =>
Article.findOne({},(err,article) => {
if (err) callback(err);
log(article);
callback();
}),
// Query on the general Content model
(callback) =>
Content.find({},(err,contents) => {
if (err) callback(err);
log(contents);
callback();
}),
],
(err) => {
if (err) throw err;
mongoose.disconnect();
}
);
And the sample output for different queries
Mongoose: cards.find({}, { fields: {} })
Mongoose: contents.find({ _id: { '$in': [ ObjectId("595ef117175f6850dcf657d7"), ObjectId("595ef117175f6850dcf657d6") ] } }, { fields: {} })
Mongoose: media.find({ _id: { '$in': [ ObjectId("595ef117175f6850dcf657d5") ] } }, { fields: {} })
[
{
"_id": "595ef117175f6850dcf657d9",
"name": "Card 2",
"data": {
"_id": "595ef117175f6850dcf657d7",
"name": "An Article",
"image": "A String",
"__v": 0,
"__t": "Article"
},
"__v": 0
},
{
"_id": "595ef117175f6850dcf657d8",
"name": "Card 1",
"data": {
"_id": "595ef117175f6850dcf657d6",
"name": "An Event",
"image": {
"_id": "595ef117175f6850dcf657d5",
"title": "An Image",
"__v": 0
},
"__v": 0,
"__t": "Event"
},
"__v": 0
}
]
Mongoose: contents.findOne({ __t: 'Article' }, { fields: {} })
{
"_id": "595ef117175f6850dcf657d7",
"name": "An Article",
"image": "A String",
"__v": 0,
"__t": "Article"
}
Mongoose: contents.find({}, { fields: {} })
[
{
"_id": "595ef117175f6850dcf657d6",
"name": "An Event",
"image": "595ef117175f6850dcf657d5",
"__v": 0,
"__t": "Event"
},
{
"_id": "595ef117175f6850dcf657d7",
"name": "An Article",
"image": "A String",
"__v": 0,
"__t": "Article"
}
]
I'm having trouble 'upserting' to my array. The code below creates duplicates in my answers array which I definitely do not want and by now it's apparent $push will not work. I have tried using the different methodologies I see on SO for a while now but none are working for me. With this web app, users are allows to view a question on the website and respond with a 'yes' or 'no' response and they are allowed to change(upsert) their response at any one time meaning a sort of upsert takes place on the db at different times. How do get around this?
var QuestionSchema = Schema ({
title :String,
admin :{type: String, ref: 'User'},
answers :[{type: Schema.Types.Mixed, ref: 'Answer'}]
});
var AnswerSchema = Schema ({
_question :{type: ObjectId, ref: 'Question'},
employee :{type: String, ref: 'User'},
response :String,
isAdmin :{type: Boolean, ref: 'User'}
})
var UserSchema = Schema({
username : String,
isAdmin : {type: Boolean, default: false}
});
module.exports = mongoose.model('Question', QuestionSchema);
module.exports = mongoose.model('Answer', AnswerSchema);
module.exports = mongoose.model('User', UserSchema);
Question.update(
{_id: req.body.id},
{$push: {answers: {_question: req.body.id,
employee: req.body.employee,
response: req.body.response, //this variable changes (yes/no/null)
isAdmin: req.body.isAdmin}}},
{safe: true, upsert: true},
function(err, model) {
}
);
As I see it you seem a little confused and it's reflected in your schema. You don't seem to fully grasp the differences between "embedded" and "referenced" since your schema is actually an invalid "mash" of the two techniques.
Probably best to walk you through both of them.
Embedded Model
So instead of the schema you have defined, you should in fact have something more like this:
var QuestionSchema = Schema ({
title :String,
admin :{type: String, ref: 'User'},
answers :[AnswerSchema]
});
var AnswerSchema = Schema ({
employee :{type: String, ref: 'User'},
response :String,
isAdmin :{type: Boolean, ref: 'User'}
})
mongoose.model('Question', questionSchema);
NOTE: Question is the only actual model here. The AnswerSchema is completely "embedded".
Note the clear definition of the "schema" where the "answers" property in Question is defined as an "array" of AnswerSchema. This is how you do embedding and keep control of the types within the object inside the array.
As for the update, there is a clear logic pattern but you are simply not enforcing it. All you need to do is "tell" the update that you do not want to "push" a new item if something for that "unique" "employee" in the array already exists.
Also. This is NOT and "upsert". Upsert implies "creating a new one", which is different to what you want. You want to "push" to the array of an "existing" Question. If you leave "upsert" on there, then something not found creates a new Question. Which is of course wrong here.
Question.update(
{
"_id": req.body.id,
"answers.employee": { "$ne": req.body.employee },
}
},
{ "$push": {
"answers": {
"employee": req.body.employee,
"response": req.body.response,
"isAdmin": req.body.isAdmin
}
}},
function(err, numAffected) {
});
That will look to check that the "unique" "employee" in the array members already and will only $push where it is not already there.
As a bonus, if you intend to allow the user to "change their answer" then we do this incantation with .bulkWrite():
Question.collection.bulkWrite(
[
{ "updateOne": {
"filter": {
"_id": req.body.id,
"answers.employee": req.body.employee,
},
"update": {
"$set": {
"answers.$.response": req.body.response,
}
}
}},
{ "updateOne": {
"filter": {
"_id": req.body.id,
"answers.employee": { "$ne": req.body.employee },
},
"update": {
"$push": {
"answers": {
"employee": req.body.employee,
"response": req.body.response,
"isAdmin": req.body.isAdmin
}
}
}
}}
],
function(err, writeResult) {
}
);
This effectively puts two updates in one. The first to attempt to alter an existing answer and $set the response at the matched position, and the second to attempt to add a new answer where one was not found on the question.
Referenced Model
With a "referenced" model you actually have the real members of the Answer within their own collection. So instead the schema is defined like this:
var QuestionSchema = Schema ({
title :String,
admin :{type: String, ref: 'User'},
answers :[{ type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Answer' }]
});
var AnswerSchema = Schema ({
_question :{type: ObjectId, ref: 'Question'},
employee :{type: String, ref: 'User'},
response :String,
isAdmin :{type: Boolean, ref: 'User'}
})
mongoose.model('Answer', answerSchema);
mongoose.model('Question', questionSchema);
N.B The other ref's here to User such as :
employee :{type: String, ref: 'User'},
isAdmin :{type: Boolean, ref: 'User'}
These are also really incorrect, and also should be of Schema.Type.ObjectId as they will "reference" the actual _id field of User. But this is actually outside of the scope of this question as asked, so if you still don't grasp that after this read, then Ask a New Question so someone can explain. On with the rest of the answer.
That's the "general" shape of the schema though, with the important thing being the "ref" to the 'Anwser' "model", which is by the registered name. You can optionally just use your "_question" field in modern mongoose versions with a "virtual", but I'm skipping over "Adavanced Usage" for now and keeping it simple with an array of "references" still in the Question model.
In this case, since the Answer model is actually in it's own "collection", then the operations actually become "upserts". Where we only want to "create" when there is no "employee" response to the given "_question" id.
Also demonstrating with a Promise chain instead:
Answer.update(
{ "_question": req.body.id, "employee": req.body.employee },
{
"$set": {
"response": req.body.reponse
},
"$setOnInsert": {
"isAdmin": req.body.isAdmin
}
},
{ "upsert": true }
).then(resp => {
if ( resp.hasOwnProperty("upserted") ) {
return Question.update(
{ "_id": req.body.id, "answers": { "$ne": resp.upserted[0]._id },
{ "$push": { "answers": resp.upserted[0]._id } }
).exec()
}
return;
}).then(resp => {
// either undefined where it was not an upsert or
// the update result from Question where it was
}).catch(err => {
// something
})
This is actually a simple statement since "when matched" we want to change the "response" data with the payload of the request, and really only when "upserting" or "creating/inserting" is when we actually change other data such as the "employee" ( which is always implied for create as part of the query expression ) and the "isAdmin" which clearly should not change with each update request we then explicitly use $setOnInsert so it only writes those two fields on an actual "create".
In the "Promise Chain" we actually look to see if the update request to Answer actually resulted in an "upsert", and when it does we want to append to the array of Question where it does not already exist. In much the same way as the "embedded" example, it's best to look to see if the array actually has the item before modifying with the "update". Alternately you could $addToSet here and just let the query match the Question by _id. To me though, that's a wasted write.
Summary
Those are your different approaches to how you handle this. Each has their own use cases for which you can see a general summary some other answers of mine in:
Mongoose populate vs object nesting which is an overview of the different approaches and reasons behind them
How to Model a “likes” voting system with MongoDB which gives a bit more detail on the "unique array upserts" technique for "embedded" models.
Not "required" reading, but it may help expand your insight into which approach is best for your particular case.
Working Example
Copy these and put them in a directory and do an npm install to install local dependencies. The code will run and create the collections in the database making the alterations.
Logging is turned on with mongoose.set(debug,true) so you should look at the console output and see what it does, along with the resulting collections where answers will be recorded to the related questions, and overwritten instead of "duplicating" where that was also the intent.
Change the connection string if you have to. But that is all you should change in this listing for it's purpose. Both approaches described in the answer are demonstrated.
package.json
{
"name": "colex",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
},
"keywords": [],
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"async": "^2.4.1",
"mongodb": "^2.2.29",
"mongoose": "^4.10.7"
}
}
index.js
const async = require('async'),
mongoose = require('mongoose'),
Schema = mongoose.Schema,
ObjectId = require('mongodb').ObjectID
mongoose.Promise = global.Promise;
mongoose.set('debug',true);
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/coltest');
const userSchema = new Schema({
username: String,
isAdmin: { type: Boolean, default: false }
});
const answerSchemaA = new Schema({
employee: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'User' },
response: String,
});
const answerSchemaB = new Schema({
question: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'QuestionB' },
employee: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'User' },
response: String,
});
const questionSchemaA = new Schema({
title: String,
admin: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'User' },
answers: [answerSchemaA]
});
const questionSchemaB = new Schema({
title: String,
admin: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'User' },
answers: [{ type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'AnswerB' }]
});
const User = mongoose.model('User', userSchema);
const AnswerB = mongoose.model('AnswerB', answerSchemaB);
const QuestionA = mongoose.model('QuestionA', questionSchemaA);
const QuestionB = mongoose.model('QuestionB', questionSchemaB);
async.series(
[
// Clear data
(callback) => async.each(mongoose.models,(model,callback) =>
model.remove({},callback),callback),
// Create some data
(callback) =>
async.each([
{
"model": "User",
"object": {
"_id": "594a322619ddbd437193c759",
"name": "Admin",
"isAdmin": true
}
},
{
"model": "User",
"object": {
"_id": "594a323919ddbd437193c75a",
"name": "Bill"
}
},
{
"model": "User",
"object": {
"_id": "594a327b19ddbd437193c75b",
"name": "Ted"
}
},
{
"model": "QuestionA",
"object": {
"_id": "594a32f719ddbd437193c75c",
"admin": "594a322619ddbd437193c759",
"title": "Question A Model"
}
},
{
"model": "QuestionB",
"object": {
"_id": "594a32f719ddbd437193c75c",
"admin": "594a322619ddbd437193c759",
"title": "Question B Model"
}
}
],(data,callback) => mongoose.model(data.model)
.create(data.object,callback),
callback
),
// Submit Answers for Users - Question A
(callback) =>
async.eachSeries(
[
{
"_id": "594a32f719ddbd437193c75c",
"employee": "594a323919ddbd437193c75a",
"response": "Bills Answer"
},
{
"_id": "594a32f719ddbd437193c75c",
"employee": "594a327b19ddbd437193c75b",
"response": "Teds Answer"
},
{
"_id": "594a32f719ddbd437193c75c",
"employee": "594a323919ddbd437193c75a",
"response": "Bills Changed Answer"
}
].map(d => ([
{ "updateOne": {
"filter": {
"_id": ObjectId(d._id),
"answers.employee": ObjectId(d.employee)
},
"update": {
"$set": { "answers.$.response": d.response }
}
}},
{ "updateOne": {
"filter": {
"_id": ObjectId(d._id),
"answers.employee": { "$ne": ObjectId(d.employee) }
},
"update": {
"$push": {
"answers": {
"employee": ObjectId(d.employee),
"response": d.response
}
}
}
}}
])),
(data,callback) => QuestionA.collection.bulkWrite(data,callback),
callback
),
// Submit Answers for Users - Question A
(callback) =>
async.eachSeries(
[
{
"_id": "594a32f719ddbd437193c75c",
"employee": "594a323919ddbd437193c75a",
"response": "Bills Answer"
},
{
"_id": "594a32f719ddbd437193c75c",
"employee": "594a327b19ddbd437193c75b",
"response": "Teds Anwser"
},
{
"_id": "594a32f719ddbd437193c75c",
"employee": "594a327b19ddbd437193c75b",
"response": "Ted Changed it"
}
],
(data,callback) => {
AnswerB.update(
{ "question": data._id, "employee": data.employee },
{ "$set": { "response": data.response } },
{ "upsert": true }
).then(resp => {
console.log(resp);
if (resp.hasOwnProperty("upserted")) {
return QuestionB.update(
{ "_id": data._id, "employee": { "$ne": data.employee } },
{ "$push": { "answers": resp.upserted[0]._id } }
).exec()
}
return;
}).then(() => callback(null))
.catch(err => callback(err))
},
callback
)
],
(err) => {
if (err) throw err;
mongoose.disconnect();
}
)
Here was my quick work around before Neill updated his answer (I used a $pull & $push). Works just as his but I'll mark his correct as I believe it's more efficient.
Question.update(
{_id: req.body.id},
{$pull: {answers: { employee: req.body.employee}}},
{safe: true, multi:true, upsert: true},
function(err, model) {
}
);
Question.update(
{_id: req.body.id},
{$push: {answers: {_question: req.body.id,
employee: req.body.employee,
response: req.body.response,
isAdmin: req.body.isAdmin}}},
{safe: true, upsert: true},
function(err, model) {
}
);
I'm trying to update the nested document. The query is returning the correct document, but the property isn't being updated.
Model:
{
_id: '560b072434b72aa4050fff9f',
trips: [
{
tripId: '561581ef9387780e76469e96',
startDate: "2015-11-17T06:00:00.000Z",
endDate: "2015-11-18T06:00:00.000Z"
},{
tripId: '5617d1bb1d42c4da90d3bdea',
startDate: "2015-10-17T06:00:00.000Z",
endDate: "2015-10-18T06:00:00.000Z"
}
],
}
Query:
UserData.update(
{ '_id': req.query._id, 'trips.tripId': req.query.tripId },
{ '$set': { 'trips.$.startDate' : req.query.newStartDate,
'trips.$.endDate' : req.query.newEndDate} },
{ 'multi': true },
function(e, doc){
console.log(doc);
}
);
Schema:
var userDataSchema = {
name: String,
trips: Array
};
#BlakesSeven led me to the answer. I added:
var ObjectId = require('mongodb').ObjectID;
before my app.route in server.js, installed mongodb using npm, then changed
{ '_id': req.query._id, 'trips.tripId': req.query.tripId },
to
{ '_id': ObjectId(req.query._id), 'trips.tripId': ObjectId(req.query.tripId) },.
Everything updates as it should now. Thanks Blakes Seven!
I'm trying to populate albums with images using userid sent through params but i end up with an empty array even though there is data in database.
"use strict"
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Schema = mongoose.Schema
console.log('Welcome');
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(express.methodOverride());
app.use(app.router);
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/Datab');
var db = mongoose.connection;
db.once('open', function () {
console.log('Connected to Database');
});
//Schema for the data
var userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
name: String
});
var albumSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
userid: String,
albumName: String,
albumDesc: String,
albumThumbnail: String,
imageCount: Number,
images: [{
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: 'Image'
}]
});
var ImageSchema = new Schema({
album_id: {
type: String,
ref: 'Album'
},
imageName: String,
imageDescription: String,
imageURL: String,
likeCount: Number,
commentCount: Number
})
var Userdata = mongoose.model('Userdata', userSchema);
var Album = mongoose.model('Album', albumSchema);
var Image = mongoose.model('Image', ImageSchema);
//display of albums
app.get('/user/:user_id/photos', function (req, res) {
var user_id = req.params.user_id
Album.find({
userid: user_id
})
.populate('images')
.exec(function (err, albums) {
if (!err) {
return res.send({
status: {
error: 0,
message: "Successful"
},
data: {
albums: albums
}
})
} else
res.send('Unsuccessful');
})
});
app.listen(3000);
output:
{
"status": {
"error": 0,
"message": "Successful"
},
"data": {
"albums": []
}
}
why do i get an empty array as output?
Find in the mongo shell returns the following result
db.Album.find() {
"_id": ObjectId("529eed506c7b0a09b2204203"),
"albumDesc": "outings",
"albumName": "Photoclics1",
"albumThumbnail": "http: //192.168.71.250/uploads/cat1_thumb.jpg",
"imageCount": "1",
"images": ["529ef0016c7b0a09b2204205", "529ef0266c7b0a09b2204206"],
"userid": "529eec5a6c7b0a09b22041ff"
}
EDIT 2: This is the output that i expect to get
{
"error": {
"status": 0,
"message": "Successful"
},
"data": {
"albums": [
{
"albumName": "myclicks",
"albumID": "527102fdaed86d8807000001",
"albumDescription": "PhotosIclicked",
"albumThumbnailURL": "http: //192.168.71.250/uploads/image.jpg",
"imageCount": 2,
"images": [
{
"imageID": "527102fdaed86d8807000001",
"imageName": "mycat",
"imageDescription": "billy",
"imageURL": "http: //192.168.71.250/uploads/cat.jpg",
"imageThumbnailURL": "http: //192.168.71.250/uploads/cat_thumb.jpg",
"likeCount": 21,
"commentCount": 1
},
{
"imageID": "527102fdaed86d8807000001",
"imageName": "mycat",
"imageDescription": "billy",
"imageURL": "http: //192.168.71.250/uploads/cat1.jpg",
"imageThumbnailURL": "http: //192.168.71.250/uploads/cat1_thumb.jpg",
"likeCount": 21,
"commentCount": 1
}
]
}
]
}
The identifier stored in the images array is shown as a String in the console. Yet, the definition in the schema for the images field is shown as the type ObjectId. If you either fix the data to be an ObjectId or change the data type, the issue should be resolved.
You could fix the data in the MongoDB console by iterating through the collection and the array and converting each element to an ObjectId.