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Getting Error while posting a request, ValidationError: TodoTask validation failed: user: Cast to ObjectId failed for value

i am getting an error while trying to post a todo to the database.
ValidationError: TodoTask validation failed: user: Cast to ObjectId failed for value
id: 62e02a03c5f6c427c8c3ed44,
user: {
_id: 62e02a03c5f6c427c8c3ed44,
name: 'abc',
email: 'someemail#example.com',
password: '$2a$10$C....',
admin: true,
date: 2022-07-26T17:53:07.645Z,
__v: 0
}
}"(type Object) at path "user"
My function for posting the request :
const todoTask = await new TodoTask({
content: req.body.content,
user: {
id: req.user._id,
user: req.user,
},
});
try {
await todoTask.save(function (err, doc) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log("item saved!");
});
return res.redirect("/dashboard");
} catch (err) {
return res.redirect("/dashboard");
console.log(err);
}
};
Schema is defined as :
content: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
date: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now,
},
user: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "User",
},
});
module.exports = mongoose.model("TodoTask", todoTaskSchema);

Since the user property is defined as a ref you should just store the _id in it:
const todoTask = await new TodoTask({
content: req.body.content,
user: req.user._id,
});
try {
await todoTask.save(function (err, doc) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log("item saved!");
});
return res.redirect("/dashboard");
} catch (err) {
return res.redirect("/dashboard");
console.log(err);
}
};
When retrieving user's information you will just need to populate the TodoTask, for example:
const totoTask = await TodoTask.populate('user').exec();

Cannot read properties of null (reading 'experience'). after all this i should get profile with all experience .but all time i end up with server err

i was following brad traversy's one of his udemy course. after working on adding experience in profile in profile routes. i all time get server error. but it should end up with full profile details like in brad course. this is my github link for that project
https://github.com/arshad007hossain/findDevs
profile.js
const express = require("express");
const router = express.Router();
const auth = require("../../middleware/authmiddleware");
const { check, validationResult } = require("express-validator");
const Profile = require("../../models/Profile");
const User = require("../../models/User");
// #route GET api/profile/me
// #desc Get current users profile
// #access Private
router.get("/me", auth, async (req, res) => {
try {
const profile = await Profile.findOne({
user: req.user.id,
}).populate("user", ["name", "avatar"]);
if (!profile) {
return res.status(400).json({ msg: "There is no profile for this user" });
}
res.json(profile);
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.message);
res.status(500).send("Server Error");
}
});
// #route POST api/profile/me
// #desc create or update users profile
// #access Private
router.post(
"/",
[
auth,
[
check("status", "status is required").not().isEmpty(),
check("skills", "skills is required").not().isEmpty(),
],
],
async (req, res) => {
const errors = validationResult(req);
if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
return res.status(400).json({ errors: errors.array() });
}
const {
company,
website,
location,
bio,
status,
githubusername,
facebook,
linkedin,
twitter,
instagram,
youtube,
skills,
} = req.body;
//build user profile
const profileFields = {};
profileFields.user = req.user.id;
if (company) profileFields.company = company;
if (website) profileFields.website = website;
if (location) profileFields.location = location;
if (bio) profileFields.bio = bio;
if (status) profileFields.status = company;
if (githubusername) profileFields.githubusername = githubusername;
if (skills) {
profileFields.skills = skills.split(",").map((skill) => skill.trim());
}
//build social objects
profileFields.social = {};
if (youtube) profileFields.social.youtube = youtube;
if (twitter) profileFields.social.twitter = twitter;
if (linkedin) profileFields.social.linkedin = linkedin;
if (instagram) profileFields.social.instagram = instagram;
if (facebook) profileFields.social.facebook = facebook;
//console.log(profileFields.skills);
try {
let profile = await Profile.findOne({ user: req.user.id });
if (profile) {
//Update
profile = await Profile.findOneAndUpdate(
{ user: req.user.id },
{ $set: profileFields },
{ new: true }
);
return res.json(profile);
}
//create
profile = new Profile(profileFields);
await profile.save();
res.json(profile);
} catch (err) {
console.errora(err.message);
res.status(500).json("server error");
}
}
);
// #route GET api/profile
// #desc Get all profile
// #access Public
router.get("/", async (req, res) => {
try {
let profiles = await Profile.find().populate("user", ["name", "avatar"]);
res.json(profiles);
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.message);
res.status(500).json("server error");
}
});
// #route GET api/profile/user/user_id
// #desc Get single profile
// #access Public
router.get("/user/:user_id", async (req, res) => {
try {
const profile = await Profile.findOne({
user: req.params.user_id,
}).populate("user", ["name", "avatar"]);
if (!profile) return res.status(400).json({ msg: "Profile not found" });
res.json(profile);
} catch (err) {
if (err.kind == "ObjectId") {
return res.status(400).json({ msg: "Profile not found" });
}
console.error(err.message);
res.status(500).json("server error");
}
});
// #route DELETE api/profile
// #desc Delete profile, user
// #access Private
router.delete("/", auth, async (req, res) => {
try {
// Remove profile
await Profile.findOneAndRemove({ user: req.user.id });
// Remove user
await User.findOneAndRemove({ _id: req.user.id });
res.json({ msg: "User deleted" });
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.message);
res.status(500).send("Server Error");
}
});
// #route PUT api/profile/experience
// #desc Add profile experience
// #access Private
router.put(
'/experience',
[
auth,
[
check('title', 'Title is required field').not().isEmpty(),
check('company', 'Company is required field').not().isEmpty(),
check('from', 'From date is required field').not().isEmpty(),
],
],
async (req, res) => {
const errors = validationResult(req);
if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
return res.status(400).json({ errors: errors.array() });
}
const {
title,
company,
location,
from,
to,
current,
description,
} = req.body;
const newExp = {
title,
company,
location,
from,
to,
current,
description,
};
try {
const profile = await Profile.findOne({ user: req.user.id });
profile.experience.unshift(newExp);
await profile.save();
res.json(profile);
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.message);
res.status(500).send('Server Error');
}
});
module.exports = router;
User.js
const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
name: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
email: {
type: String,
required: true,
unique: true,
},
password: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
avatar: {
type: String,
},
date: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now,
},
});
module.exports = User = mongoose.model("user", UserSchema);
Profile.js Model
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const ProfileSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
user: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: 'user'
},
company: {
type: String
},
website: {
type: String
},
location: {
type: String
},
status: {
type: String,
required: true
},
skills: {
type: [String],
required: true
},
bio: {
type: String
},
githubusername: {
type: String
},
experience: [
{
title: {
type: String,
required: true
},
company: {
type: String,
required: true
},
location: {
type: String
},
from: {
type: Date,
required: true
},
to: {
type: Date
},
current: {
type: Boolean,
default: false
},
description: {
type: String
}
}
],
education: [
{
school: {
type: String,
required: true
},
degree: {
type: String,
required: true
},
fieldofstudy: {
type: String,
required: true
},
from: {
type: Date,
required: true
},
to: {
type: Date
},
current: {
type: Boolean,
default: false
},
description: {
type: String
}
}
],
social: {
youtube: {
type: String
},
twitter: {
type: String
},
facebook: {
type: String
},
linkedin: {
type: String
},
instagram: {
type: String
}
},
date: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now
}
});
module.exports = mongoose.model('profile', ProfileSchema);

Api call finds already deleted documents

I've two endpoints: one that delete product document and one that retrieve the document.
After I delete the document throught by Id, the GET api call return me already the document even if it's deleted and It's not present on MongoDb.
Response of DELETE call returns { deletedCount: 1 }
Here code of GET product:
exports.getSingleProduct = (req, res, next) => {
let id = req.params.id;
Products.findById(id).populate({ path: 'internalColor' }).then(result => {
if(result && result.visible == true) {
res.status(200).json(result)
} else {
res.status(404).json({
message: 'product_not_found',
id: id
})
}
}).catch(err => {
res.status(404).json({
message: 'error_operation: ' + err,
id: id
})
});
}
Here code of DELETE product:
exports.deleteDefinallySingleProduct = (req, res, next) => {
let id = req.params.id;
console.log(id)
Products.deleteOne({ id: id }).then(result => {
if(result) {
res.status(200).json({
message: 'deleted_product'
});
}
}).catch(err => {
res.status(404).json({
message: 'error_operation: ' + err
})
})
}
Products Model
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
const options = {
timestamps: true
}
const productSchema = new Schema({
name: {
type: String,
required: true
},
description: {
type: String,
required: true
},
price: {
type: Number,
required: true
},
externalUrl: {
type: String,
required: true
},
imgUrl: {
type: String,
required: true
},
brand: {
type: String,
required: true
},
visible: {
type: Boolean,
required: true
}
}, options);
const Product = mongoose.model('Products', productSchema);
module.exports = Product;

I think the error that you are facing is caused by a typo in your code.
exports.deleteDefinallySingleProduct = (req, res, next) => {
...
Products.deleteOne({ id: id }).then(result => {
if(result) {
// this code will run always
console.log(result) // will show { n: 0, ok: 1, deletedCount: 0 },
// That is, this section of code will run always despite of delete count being 0 or more due to the request to be excecuted successfully.
...
}
The correct implementation is here:
exports.deleteDefinallySingleProduct = (req, res, next) => {
...
Products.deleteOne({ _id: id }).then(result => {
...
}
This is because by default mongooose use _id representing the document id, unless create a custom id in the schema which you didn't do.

Mongoose Delete SubDocument in Array

i am using mongoose to make database for my project, my schema Class has structure like this:
const mongoose = require('mongoose')
const classSchema = mongoose.Schema({
_id: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
consultant: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: 'Consultant',
required: true
},
startYear: {
type: String,
required: true
},
classname: {
type: String,
required: true,
unique: true
},
studentList: [
{
code: {
type: String,
required: true
},
fullname: {
type: String,
required: true
}
}
]
})
const Class = mongoose.model('Class', classSchema)
module.exports = Class
as you can see, i have a property called studentList is an array and this is how it was store in mongoose Atlas
so now i want to delete a subdocument in array studentList so this is my route:
http://localhost:5000/users/:code
and this is how i have done:
exports.delele_student_from_user = (req, res, next) => {
var { code } = req.params;
var { classname } = req.body;
User.findOneAndDelete({
classname,
studentList: {
$pull: {
code,
},
},
})
.exec()
.then((doc) => {
console.log(`deleted user with code ${code} from colection User`);
next();
})
.catch((err) => {
console.log(err);
return res.status(500).json({ err });
});
};
and i got this Error:
{ MongoError: unknown operator: $pull
at MessageStream.messageHandler (C:\Users\ASUS\OneDrive\Desktop\uet-backend\node_modules\mongoose\node_modules\mongodb\lib\cmap\connection.js:266:20)
at MessageStream.emit (events.js:198:13)
at processIncomingData (C:\Users\ASUS\OneDrive\Desktop\uet-backend\node_modules\mongoose\node_modules\mongodb\lib\cmap\message_stream.js:144:12)
at MessageStream._write (C:\Users\ASUS\OneDrive\Desktop\uet-backend\node_modules\mongoose\node_modules\mongodb\lib\cmap\message_stream.js:42:5)
at doWrite (_stream_writable.js:415:12)
at writeOrBuffer (_stream_writable.js:399:5)
at MessageStream.Writable.write (_stream_writable.js:299:11)
at TLSSocket.ondata (_stream_readable.js:709:20)
at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:198:13)
at addChunk (_stream_readable.js:288:12)
at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:269:11)
at TLSSocket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:224:10)
at TLSWrap.onStreamRead [as onread] (internal/stream_base_commons.js:94:17)
operationTime:
Timestamp { _bsontype: 'Timestamp', low_: 3, high_: 1603874496 },
ok: 0,
code: 2,
codeName: 'BadValue',
'$clusterTime':
{ clusterTime:
Timestamp { _bsontype: 'Timestamp', low_: 3, high_: 1603874496 },
signature: { hash: [Binary], keyId: [Long] } },
name: 'MongoError' }
DELETE /students/16022267 500 785.904 ms - 240
please show me how to fix this, thank you so much and have a good day

Use findOneAndUpdate()\
You can also do the update directly in MongoDB without having to load the document and modify it using code. Use the $pull or $pullAll operators to remove the item from the array.
https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/operator/update/pull/#up._S_pull

You need to use update
exports.delele_student_from_user = async (req, res, next) => {
var { code } = req.params;
var { classname } = req.body;
try {
await User.update(
{ classname },
{
$pull: {
studentList: { code }
}
}
);
return res.status(200).json({ message: "Student deleted" });
} catch (err) {
return res.status(500).json({ err });
}
};
I have also used async / await so it looks cleaner.

Mongoose & Express: How to properly Remove, Create & Store data that are reference

The first problem I am having is that whenever I try to delete the Comment, I also try to find the index of that specific comment inside post.comments as well as inside user.comments, it consistently returns -1, the reason why I am trying to find it, is so that I can splice it from the comments array that user and post do have.
The second problem I am having is that whenever I create a comment, I try to store it in the comments array that user and post have, but it stores it only as a string, although I think it is supposed to be stored as an object right?, So I can access it later by populating?
I have been struggling for days now being very frustrated why it does not work. Please help me!
Below will be my two routes, for deleting and creating comments, and my Schemas, Thank You for all the help!
Creating Comments
// #route POST api/posts/comment/:id
// #desc Comment on a post
// #access Private
router.post(
'/comment/:id',
[
auth,
[
check('text', 'Text is required')
.not()
.isEmpty()
]
],
async (req, res) => {
const errors = validationResult(req);
if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
return res.status(400).json({ errors: errors.array() });
}
try {
const post = await Post.findById(req.params.id);
const user = await User.findById(req.user.id)
const newComment = {
text: req.body.text,
post: post._id,
user: req.user.id
};
const comment = new Comment(newComment);
post.comments.unshift(comment._id);
user.comments.unshift(comment._id)
console.log(user.comments);
console.log(post.comments);
console.log(comment)
await post.save();
await comment.save();
await user.save();
res.json(comment);
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.message);
res.status(500).send('Server Error');
}
}
);
Deleting comments
// #route DELETE api/posts/comment/:id/:comment_id
// #desc Delete comment
// #access Private
router.delete('/comment/:id/:comment_id', auth, async (req, res) => {
try {
const post = await Post.findById(req.params.id);
const user = await User.findById(req.user.id);
// Pull out comment by finding it through its id
const comment = await Comment.findById(req.params.comment_id);
// Make sure comment exists
if (!comment) {
return res.status(404).json({ msg: 'Post do not have this comment' });
}
// Check user
if (comment.user.toString() !== req.user.id) {
return res.status(401).json({ msg: 'User not authorized' });
}
// Get The value to be removed
const postCommentIndex = post.comments.findIndex(postComment => postComment === comment._id);
const userCommentIndex = user.comments.findIndex(userComment => userComment === comment._id);
console.log(`This is the post comment index ${postCommentIndex}`);
console.log(`This is the user comment index ${userCommentIndex}`);
post.comments.splice(postCommentIndex, 1);
user.comments.splice(userCommentIndex, 1);
// save user and post
await post.save();
await user.save();
await comment.remove();
// resend the comments that belongs to that post
res.json(post.comments);
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.message);
res.status(500).send('Server Error');
}
});
Schemas:
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
name: {
type: String,
required: true
},
email: {
type: String,
required: true,
unique: true
},
password: {
type: String,
required: true
},
avatar: {
type: String
},
posts: [{type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: "Post"}],
comments: [{type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: "Comment"}],
date: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now
}
});
module.exports = mongoose.model('User', UserSchema);
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
const PostSchema = new Schema({
user: {
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: 'User'
},
text: {
type: String,
required: true
},
likes: [
{
user: {
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: 'User'
}
}
],
dislikes: [
{
user: {
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "User"
}
}
],
comments: [{type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: "Comment"}],
date: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now
}
});
module.exports = mongoose.model('Post', PostSchema);
const mongoose = require("mongoose")
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
const CommentSchema = new Schema({
user: {
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: 'User'
},
post: {
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "Post"
},
text: {
type: String,
required: true
},
date: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now
}
})
module.exports = mongoose.model("Comment", CommentSchema);

I think you need to redesign your schemas in a simpler way, there are too many references between the models, and this causes issues, for example you have 5 db access when you want to create a comment, and 6 db access when you want to delete a comment.
I would create the user schema like this removing the posts and comment references, but later when we want to access the posts from users, I set up virtual populate.
const UserSchema = new Schema(
{
name: {
type: String,
required: true
},
email: {
type: String,
required: true,
unique: true
},
password: {
type: String,
required: true
},
avatar: {
type: String
},
date: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now
}
},
{
toJSON: { virtuals: true }
}
);
UserSchema.virtual("posts", {
ref: "Post",
localField: "_id",
foreignField: "user"
});
And in the posts schema, I removed the comments references.
(For simplicity I removed likes and dislikes fields.)
const PostSchema = new Schema(
{
user: {
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "User"
},
text: {
type: String,
required: true
},
date: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now
}
},
{
toJSON: { virtuals: true }
}
);
PostSchema.virtual("comments", {
ref: "Comment",
localField: "_id",
foreignField: "post"
});
Comment schema can stay as it is.
Now to add a comment to a post, we only need 2 db access, one for checking if post exists, and one for creating the post.
router.post(
"/comment/:id",
[
auth,
[
check("text", "Text is required")
.not()
.isEmpty()
]
],
async (req, res) => {
const errors = validationResult(req);
if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
return res.status(400).json({ errors: errors.array() });
}
try {
const post = await Post.findById(req.params.id);
if (!post) {
return res.status(404).json({ msg: "Post not found" });
}
let comment = new Comment({
text: req.body.text,
post: req.params.id,
user: req.user.id
});
comment = await comment.save();
res.json(comment);
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.message);
res.status(500).send("Server Error");
}
}
);
Let's say we have these 2 users:
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5e216d74e7138b638cac040d"),
"name" : "user1"
}
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5e217192d204a26834d013e8"),
"name" : "user2"
}
User1 with _id:"5e216d74e7138b638cac040d" has this post.
{
"_id": "5e2170e7d204a26834d013e6",
"user": "5e216d74e7138b638cac040d",
"text": "Post 1",
"date": "2020-01-17T08:31:35.699Z",
"__v": 0,
"id": "5e2170e7d204a26834d013e6"
}
Let's say user2 with _id:"5e217192d204a26834d013e8" commented on this post two times like this:
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5e2172a4957c02689c9840d6"),
"text" : "User2 commented on user1 post1",
"post" : ObjectId("5e2170e7d204a26834d013e6"),
"user" : ObjectId("5e217192d204a26834d013e8"),
"date" : ISODate("2020-01-17T11:39:00.396+03:00"),
"__v" : 0
},
{
"_id": "5e21730d468bbb7ce8060ace",
"text": "User2 commented again on user1 post1",
"post": "5e2170e7d204a26834d013e6",
"user": "5e217192d204a26834d013e8",
"date": "2020-01-17T08:40:45.997Z",
"__v": 0
}
To remove a comment we can use the following route, as you see we decreased the db access from 6 to 3, and code is shorter and cleaner.
router.delete("/comment/:id/:comment_id", auth, async (req, res) => {
try {
const comment = await Comment.findById(req.params.comment_id);
if (!comment) {
return res.status(404).json({ msg: "Post do not have this comment" });
}
if (comment.user.toString() !== req.user.id) {
return res.status(401).json({ msg: "User not authorized" });
}
await comment.remove();
// resend the comments that belongs to that post
const postComments = await Comment.find({ post: req.params.id });
res.json(postComments);
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.message);
res.status(500).send("Server Error");
}
});
Now you may ask, how will access the posts from an user? Since we setup virtual populate in our user schema, we can populate the posts like this:
router.get("/users/:id/posts", async (req, res) => {
const result = await User.findById(req.params.id).populate("posts");
res.send(result);
});

You can try this code snipet :
Comment.deleteOne({
_id: comment.id
}, function (err) {
if (err) {
console.log(err);
return res.send(err.message);
}
res.send('success');
});