Let me begin by saying I know that this seems to be a frequently asked question and I've spent a couple of days trying to figure it out but no answer seems to work so I'm trying on here.
I have two models, User and Chapter: a Chapter can have have many members (Users). When I do router.get('/chapters') I want to see an array of all the Users associated with a Chapter as a property along with the other Chapter properties, like so:
[
{
"leads": [],
"members": [
{"_id":"someString1","firstName":"...", "lastName":"..."},
{"_id":"someString2","firstName":"...", "lastName":"..."},
],
"date": "2018-12-12T15:24:45.877Z",
"_id": "5c11283d7d13687e60c186b3",
"country": "5c11283d7d13687e60c185d6",
"city": "Buckridgestad",
"twitterURL": "qui",
"bannerPic": "http://lorempixel.com/640/480/people",
"__v": 0
}
]
But what I'm getting is this:
[
{
"leads": [],
"members": [],
"date": "2018-12-12T15:24:45.877Z",
"_id": "5c11283d7d13687e60c186b3",
"country": "5c11283d7d13687e60c185d6",
"city": "Buckridgestad",
"twitterURL": "qui",
"bannerPic": "http://lorempixel.com/640/480/people",
"__v": 0
}
]
These are my Schemas:
Chapter
const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
// Create Schema
const ChapterSchema = new Schema({
country: {
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "countries"
},
city: {
type: String,
required: true
},
leads: [
{
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "users"
}
],
members: [
{
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "users"
}
],
twitterURL: {
type: String,
required: true
},
bannerPic: {
type: String,
required: true
},
date: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now()
}
});
module.exports = Chapter = mongoose.model("chapters", ChapterSchema);
User
const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
// Create Schema
const UserSchema = new Schema({
username: {
type: String,
required: true
},
firstName: {
type: String,
required: true
},
lastName: {
type: String,
required: true
},
organisation: {
type: String,
required: true
},
chapter: {
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "chapters"
},
email: {
type: String,
required: true
},
admin: {
type: Boolean,
default: false
},
lead: {
type: Boolean,
default: false
},
password: {
type: String,
required: true
},
date: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now()
}
});
module.exports = User = mongoose.model("users", UserSchema);
Like I said, when I call the endpoint, I want it to return me all the Chapters with all the Users as a populated property.
I've tried a lot of variations of .populate() but to know luck. The closest I got was going through the early levels of callback hell which I know isn't necessary with today's tech, but nothing is working!
My routes/api/chapters.js
// #route GET api/chapters
// #desc Get all Chapters
// #access Public
router.get("/", (req, res) => {
Chapter.find()
.populate("members")
.then(chapters => {
return res.json(chapters);
})
.catch(err =>
res.status(404).json({ nochaptersfound: "No Chapters found" })
);
});
I can get it to work the other way around:
My routes/api/users.js
// #route GET api/users
// #desc Return all users
// #access Public
router.get("/", (req, res) => {
User.find()
.populate("chapter")
.exec()
.then(users => res.status(200).json(users))
.catch(err => console.log(err));
Returns a user with the populated Chapter, but I can't populate the chapter.members array
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!!
From your comment, I believe you are not actually storing users in your chapters. What you are doing is this:
User.create({..., chapter: id})...
And assuming chapter now has a user. Its not the way it works with mongoose, so if you want to actually save in both place, you will need to do it yourself. You are thinking about this as if it were a relational database
You will need to do something like:
const user = await User.create({..., chapter: id})
const chapter = await Chapter.findOne({ _id: id })
chapter.members.push(user)
chapter.save()
If your populate wasn't working, you'd not get an empty array, you'd get an array with ids. Your current populate query is fine, you just don't have any data to populate
With promises, it would look like this:
var userPromise = User.create({..., chapter: id}).exec()
var chapterPromise = Chapter.findOne({ _id: id }).exec()
Promise.all([userPromise, chapterPromise]).then((user, chapter) => {
chapter.members.push(user)
return chapter.save()
}).then(chapter => {
// send response
})
If you need 10 chapters with 10 to 50 users, I'd create 50 users, then push all of them into the chapters and save the chapter.
Related
I am trying to populate my ChatRoom model with the User reference. However, it returns a ChatRoom object with only _ids where I expected usernames, as if I never applied populate on it.
Here is an extract of my ChatRoom model :
const ChatRoom = mongoose.model("ChatRoom", {
sender: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "User",
},
roomname: { type: String, default: "new room" },
messages: [
{
messages: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "Message",
},
meta: [
{
user: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "User",
},
delivered: Boolean,
read: Boolean,
},
],
},
],
participants: [
{
user: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: "User" },
},
],
isPrivate: { type: Boolean, default: "false" },
});
My User model :
const User = mongoose.model("User", {
username: { required: true, unique: true, type: String },
avatar: Object,
token: String,
hash: String,
salt: String,
chatroom: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "ChatRoom",
},
});
As this seems to be a recurrent issue, I tested several StackOverflow answers for my populate code :
Using populate('participants.user') and 'model: user' or just populate('participants.user'), same solution here:
const chatroom = await ChatRoom.findById(req.params.id)
.populate([
{
path: "participants.user",
model: "User",
},
])
.exec((err, user) => {
if (err) {
console.log("error", err);
} else {
console.log("Populated User " + user);
}
});
The console.log returns :
Populated User { _id: new ObjectId("62262b342e28298eb438d9eb"),
sender: new ObjectId("6225d86c9340237fe2a3f067"), roomname:
'Hosmeade', participants: [ { _id: new
ObjectId("6225d86c9340237fe2a3f067") } ], isPrivate: false,
messages: [], __v: 0 }
As if no populate method was ever applied. On the client side, I get an empty string.
Checking my documents aren't empty, this link mentions that Mongoose get problems with detecting referring model across multiple files but the solution doesn't work for me :
_id:6225d86c9340237fe2a3f067 username:"Berlioz" token:"rTCLAiU7jq3Smi3B"
hash:"wvJdqq25jYSaJjfiHAV4YRn/Yub+s1KHXzGrkDpaPus="
salt:"hZdiqIQQXGM1ryYK" avatar:Object
__v:0
If I remove the .exec(...) part, I get the info on the client side, but participants is still filled with only id :
chatroom response : Object { _id: "62262bb14e66d86fb8a041e8",
sender: "6225d86c9340237fe2a3f067", roomname: "Very secret room",
participants: (1) […], isPrivate: false, messages: [], __v: 0 }
I also tried with select: 'username' and get the same result as above :
const chatroom = await ChatRoom.findById(req.params.id).populate({
path: "participants.user",
select: "username",
});
Populating it "as an array"
Changing type of participants.user in my ChatRoom model into an Object (nothing changes)
If needed hereafter are my repos:
Client side and Backend
I run out of ideas on how to debbug my code. Any help would be great !
I am trying to check if there is an existing conversation between two users before creating another one.
My Conversation object stores the conversation participants in an array, I need to return a conversation object that has BOTH participants (senderId & recId) that exists in my database but I am unable to build to correct MongoDB query to get it.
Please see the queries I have tried below because I have tried all manner of using $and & $elemMatch but can't get it to work.
Thank you
Conversation Model
const conversationSchema = mongoose.Schema(
{
participants: [participantSchema],
},
{timestamps: true}
)
const participantSchema = mongoose.Schema(
{
userId: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
required: true,
ref: `User`,
},
username: {
type: String,
required: true,
}
}
)
Conversation Object
{
_id: 61cb6316asas4b54e09168234,
participants: [
{
userId: 61b777ea6815a69a625b,
username: 'johnsmith'
},
{
userId: 61bc0dcbe7181ccfd806,
username: 'testuser'
}
],
createdAt: 2021-12-28T19:18:46.673Z,
updatedAt: 2021-12-28T23:41:12.364Z
}
Queries I have tried that ARE NOT what I need or don't work
// null - no convo found when the convo definitely exists in db
const existingConvo = await Conversation.findOne({
$and: [{ userId: senderId }, { userId: recId }],
})
// works but only checks for ONE id property
// if I make an array: "Query filter must be an object, got an array"
const existingConvo = await Conversation.findOne({
participants: { $elemMatch: { userId: senderId } },
})
// "Unknown operator $and"
const existingConvo = await Conversation.find({
participants: {
$and: [{ userId: senderId }],
},
})
// returns empty array when it should have the convo object
const existingConvo = await Conversation.find({
participants: { $all: [{ userId: senderId }, { userId: recId }] },
})
i'm learning MongoDB for a few weeks now and i have still no idea how to query nested documents in my project. I read the MongoDB-docs and googled a lot, but i found no good explanations or tutorials for my problem. Maybe you can help me!
I have three Collections which are referencing each other:
const shipmentSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
item: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
cityId: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "City",
},
});
const citiesShcema = new mongoose.Schema({
cityName: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
countryId: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "Countries",
required: true,
},
});
const countriesSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
countryName: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
});
const Shipment_new = mongoose.model("Shipment_new", shipmentSchema);
const Cities = mongoose.model("City", citiesShcema);
const Country = mongoose.model("Countries", countriesSchema);
So, guys I was wondering if there's way to query shipments from a country... I mean I want to get all shipments with in a country. So, I tried to work it solved with my own and this what I tried:
const filterShipment = {
cityId: {
countryId: "5f6bbe558b094c14103a7776",
},
};
const shimpents = await Shipment_new.find(filterShipment);
But this didn't do the work so guys, you may wanna help me out here.... I just want get the shipments of a specific countray? THANKS IN ADVANCE
For querying multiple documents in mongo (Joins in SQL) you need to use $lookup. Based on what i uderstood from question, Below query gives you all the shipments by countryId.
Here is the query. I have also added mongo playground. So that you can run the query. And make some changes if needed.
db.Shipment_new.aggregate([
{
"$lookup": {
"from": "City",
"localField": "cityId",
"foreignField": "_id",
"as": "city"
}
},
{
"$unwind": "$city"
},
{
"$match": {
"city.countryId": 111
}
},
{
"$project": {
item: 1,
city: "$city.cityName",
countryId: "$city.countryId"
}
}
])
Is this what you are looking for?
Here is the Mongo Playground
Hello I am creating a series of groupings describing the roles certain users are taking within the context of helping a client. The object in the Prospect model is called caseworkers. In caseworkers is a series of arrays for the different types of roles done. The equation is to allow the user to push his info as a subdocument called CaseWorker. Basically creating an object with 6 arrays that users can push to. Ive tried a few things and settled on Subdocuments. Any help would be awesome.
Here is my code:
const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const CaseWorker = require("./CaseWorker");
const ProspectSchema = mongoose.Schema({
caseWorkers: {
originators: [CaseWorker.schema],
loanProcessors: [CaseWorker.schema],
documentProcessors: [CaseWorker.schema],
upsells: [CaseWorker.schema],
primaryReso: [CaseWorker.schema],
taxPreparers: [CaseWorker.schema],
secondaryReso: [CaseWorker.schema],
}
module.exports = mongoose.model("prospect", ProspectSchema);
const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
const CaseWorkerSchema = new Schema({
name: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
email: {
type: String,
required: true,
unique: true,
},
role: { type: String },
resoCred1: { type: String },
resoCred2: { type: String },
reminders: [
{
_id: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: "User" },
userReminded: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId },
reminderDate: { type: Date },
reminderDueDate: { type: Date },
status: { type: String },
daysTilDue: { type: Number },
id: { type: String },
text: { type: String },
clientId: { type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: "Prospect" },
},
],
});
module.exports = mongoose.model("caseWorker", CaseWorkerSchema);
router.put("/:_id/caseWorkers/loanProcessors", auth, async (req, res) => {
const prospect = await Prospect.findByIdAndUpdate(req.params._id, {
"$push": {
"loanProcessors": {
"caseWorker": {
"name": req.body.name,
"email": req.body.email,
"role": req.body.role,
"resoCred1": req.body.resoCred1,
"resoCred2": req.body.resoCred2,
},
},
},
});
res.json(prospect);
console.log(prospect);
});
In your approach when updating the document you put caseWorker under loanProcessors but it's declared in the schema the other way around.
To update a nested object you have to use the dot notation to reference the field.
Don't forget to put the object key that represent the field as a string like this "caseWorkers.loanProcessors", because caseWorkers.loanProcessors is an invalid object key in javascript
"$push": {
"caseWorkers.loanProcessors": {
"name": req.body.name,
"email": req.body.email,
"role": req.body.role,
"resoCred1": req.body.resoCred1,
"resoCred2": req.body.resoCred2,
},
},
I'm trying to update a document in a mongo database with information from a form, with all the form going into a field which is an array. At the moment I can't get it to update a document, only create a new one, but more pressingly I can't get the information from the form into the array.
Here is my schema:
const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
const WorkoutSchema = new Schema({
day: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now
},
exercises: [
{
type: String,
trim: true,
required: "Exercise type is required"
},
{
name: String,
trim: true,
required: "Exercise name is required"
},
{
duration: Number
},
{
weight: Number
},
{
reps: Number
},
{
sets: Number
},
{
duration: Number
},
{
distance: Number
}
]
});
const Workout = mongoose.model("Workout", WorkoutSchema);
module.exports = Workout;
And here is my API route. I've included the results of console.logs below it so you can see the information that is getting passed.
app.put("/api/workouts/:id", (req, res) => {
console.log("api body: " + JSON.stringify(req.body));
console.log("body is " + typeof req.body);
var body = JSON.stringify(req.body);
// body = body.split("{")[1];
// body = body.split("}")[0];
// body = "["+body+"]";
console.log(body);
Workout.create({exercises: `${body}`})
.then(Workout => {
res.json(Workout);
})
.catch(err => {
res.json(err);
});
});
api body: {"type":"resistance","name":"Test Press","weight":100,"sets":5,"reps":6,"duration":10}
body is object
{"type":"resistance","name":"Test Press","weight":100,"sets":5,"reps":6,"duration":10}
In the database I get exercises as an array with one element - the above object - instead of a series of key/value pairs. I've tried a lot of things, but this is as close as I get to what I'm trying to do.
Can anyone see where I've gone wrong?
This turned out to be a basic syntax error which came about because one of my keys was "type". The issue is in the syntax of the exercises array, the model should look like this:
const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
const WorkoutSchema = new Schema({
day: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now
},
exercises: [{
type: {
type: String,
trim: true,
required: "Exercise type is required"
},
name: {
type: String,
trim: true,
required: "Exercise name is required"
},
duration: {
type: Number,
required: "Duration is required"
},
weight: {
type: Number
},
reps: {
type: Number
},
sets: {
type: Number
},
distance: {
type: Number
}
}]
});
const Workout = mongoose.model("Workout", WorkoutSchema);
module.exports = Workout;