How do i $set and $push in one update MongoDB? - node.js

Question

I'm trying to $push and $set at the same time, $push is working just fine, when it comes to $set, it generates this error:
MongoError: The positional operator did not find the match needed from
the query. Unexpanded update: files.$.name
Here's the code
Course.update(
{
_id: req.body.courseId,
'files.fileUrl': { $ne: url }
},{
$push: { files: { fileUrl: url } },
$set: {'files.$.name': file.name},
}, function(err, count) {
if (err) return next(err);
console.log("Successfully saved")
});
and the ORM model, I'm using mongoose
var CourseSchema = new Schema({
files: [{
fileUrl: String,
name: { type: String, default: 'File name'}
}]
});
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

As the error states looks like the query used is returning no documents or returning documents having no files[].
Another reason for which it might be throwing error is that you're trying to $push & $set in the same field files and probably running into an issue similar to https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-1050
IMHO, there is no good reason to use the same field in $push & $set, instead you can simply change
$push: { files: { fileUrl: url } },
$set: {'files.$.name': file.name},
to
$push: { files: { fileUrl: url, name: file.name } },

Answer 2

I have written similar kind of query for my project
Hope u could relative this to your scenario
exports.candidateRating = function(req, res) {
console.log(req.query);
console.log(req.body.RoundWiseRatings);
Profiles.update({
"name": req.query.name
}, {
$set: {
"ratings": req.body.ratings,
},
$push: {
"RoundWiseRatings": req.body.RoundWiseRatings
}
}, {
multi: true
}, function(error, profiles) {
if (error) {
}
return Profiles.find({
name: req.query.name
}, function(err, profiless) {
console.log(profiless);
if (err) {
return handleError(res, err);
}
return res.status(200).json(fnStruncturedData(profiless[0].RoundWiseRatings));
});
});};
And this worked for me :)