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Mongoose populate replacing ObjectIds with empty array

I've been trying to use the mongoose populate function to connect two models. I can save an object but when trying to retrieve using populate the ObjectIds are just replaced with an empty array.
Many questions seem to have been asked but none have a solution that worked for me
user.js
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
var Route = require('./route')
var passportLocalMongoose = require('passport-local-mongoose');
const postSchema = new Schema ({
text: {
type: String,
default: '',
required: true
}
}, {
timestamps: true
});
const UserSchema = new Schema({
firstname: {
type: String
},
posts: [postSchema],
route: [{
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: 'Route'
}]
}, {
timestamps: true
});
UserSchema.plugin(passportLocalMongoose);
const User = mongoose.model('User', UserSchema);
module.exports = User;
route.js
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
const locationSchema = new Schema ({
id: {
type: Number,
default: 0,
required: true
},
address: {
type: String,
default: '',
required: true
},
lat: {
type: Number,
default: 0,
required: true
},
lng: {
type: Number,
default: 0,
required: true
}
},{
timestamps: true })
const routeSchema = new Schema ({
locations: [locationSchema],
description: {
journey1: {
type: String,
default: '',
required: false
},
journey2: {
type: String,
default: '',
required: false
},
journey3: {
type: String,
default: '',
required: false
},
journey4: {
type: String,
default: '',
required: false
}
}
}, {
timestamps: true
});
module.exports = mongoose.model('Route', routeSchema);
within REST POST end point
User.findOne({_id: req.user._id}, function(err,user) {
if(user) {
var routed = new Route();
routed.locations = req.body.locations;
routed.description = req.body.description;
user.route.push(routed);
user.save()
.then((user) => {
res.statusCode = 200;
res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
res.json(user)
}, (err) => next(err))
} else {
console.log("errored")
err = new Error('User ' + req.body.username + ' not found');
err.status = 404;
return next(err);
}
})
within REST GET end point
User.findOne({_id: req.user._id})
.populate('route')
.then((user) => {
if(user){
console.log("user")
console.log(user)
console.log("routes")
console.log(user.route)
res.statusCode = 200;
res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
res.json({success: true, routes: user.route});
}
}, (err) => next(err))
.catch((err) => next(err));
If I remove populate I'll get something like
[
new ObjectId("61f053af7ba46267f4893f8f")
new ObjectId("61f053af7ba46267f4893f8f")
new ObjectId("61f053af7ba46267f4893f8f")
]
from the GET end point but adding it back in returns
[].
My understanding is that in 'new Route()' I'm creating a new Route Object with an Id that gets stored in the User model/document(?). Then when I call populate mongoose searches the Route document for those Ids and converts them to the objects I want. The only issue I could think of is that I'm not creating the Route objects correctly and so no object is being stored with that Id which is why an empty array is returned when I come to try swap Ids with Route objects.
Any ideas or are we all just stumbling in the dark ?

Not entirely sure this is the correct method but instead of instantiating a Route object as displayed I used the Route.create(...) method and then pushed that to the route array and now populate works as expected

Can't push items into mongodb arrays

I'm trying to make a simple social media app using react, express and mongodb.
This is the user model:
const UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema(
{
username: { type: String, required: true, unique: true },
password: { type: String, required: true },
email: { type: String, required: true, unique: true},
followers: { type: Array, required: false },
following: { type: Array, required: false },
likes: { type: Array, required: false},
},
{ collection: 'users' }
)
This is the express server:
app.post('/api/follow', async (req, res) => {
const {token, username} = req.body
if (token === null)
{
return res.json({status: 'error'})
}
const user = await User.findOne({username}).lean()
const _visitor = jwt.verify(token, JWT_SECRET)
const visitor = await User.findOne({username: _visitor.username})
if (!user)
{
return res.json({status: 'error', error: 'User not found.'})
}
if (!visitor)
{
return res.json({status: 'error', error: 'User not found.'})
}
visitor.following.push(user._id)
user.followers.push(me._id)
return res.json({status: 'ok'})
})
But when I check the mongodb compass the following and followers arrays are empty.

The best way is to use findOneAndUpdate() method to update a value.
Also, if you are updating from two different collections you can use transactions. This is optional but can be useful to avoid inconsitences in your DB.
So your code can be something similar to this:
const updateVisitor = await User.findOneAndUpdate(
{
username: _visitor.username
},
{
$push:{
following: user._id
}
})
Example here
An the same code for user:
const updateUser = await User.findOneAndUpdate(
{
username: username
},
{
$push:{
followers: me._id
}
})

MongoDB only updates partially

My model has "id", "liked", "likedBy" and "matched" fields.
I can update my database and add id according to my hypotethical likes; it stores target's id to my current user's liked field, current user's id to target's likedBy field.
I'm trying to achieve, if a user has both liked and likedBy id matching then put liked id to my matched field on both users, but I can't for some reason. It just doesn't care if statement there.
Any ideas why?
//like user by using it's id. update it to liked
app.put("/like/:id", auth, async (req, res) => {
try {
const user = await User.findById(req.params.id);
const loggedUser = await User.findById(req.user.id).select("-password");
//check if it is already liked
if (
user.likedBy.filter((like) => like.user.toString() === req.user.id)
.length > 0
) {
return res.status(400).json({ msg: "Already Liked" });
}
user.likedBy.unshift({ user: req.user.id });
loggedUser.liked.unshift({ user: req.params.id });
await user.save();
await loggedUser.save();
//check matching
if (user.likedBy === user.liked) {
user.matched.unshift({ user: req.user.id });
}
await user.save();
await loggedUser.save();
res.status(200).send("Liked!");
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.message);
res.status(500).send("Server Error");
}
});
My Schema:
const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
email: {
type: String,
required: true,
unique: true,
},
password: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
firstname: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
lastname: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
picture: {
data: Buffer,
contentType: String,
},
age: {
type: Number,
required: true,
},
gender: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
job: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
desc: {
type: String,
default: "Hasn't written anything yet.",
},
liked: [{}],
likedBy: [{}],
matched: [{}],
});
module.exports = User = mongoose.model("user", UserSchema);

I found the mistake I made.
I'm trying to compare objects, which isn't possible really. I got index of my array then extracted the data I need and stored it into value1 & value2.
I found my mistake the moment I console.log'ed my conditions as below:
if(console.log(user.liked) === console.log(user.likedBy)){
...}
Working version:
//like user by using it's id. update it to liked
app.put("/like/:id", auth, async (req, res) => {
try {
const user = await User.findById(req.params.id);
const loggedUser = await User.findById(req.user.id).select("-password");
//check if it is already liked
if (
user.likedBy.filter((like) => like.user.toString() === req.user.id)
.length > 0
) {
return res.status(400).json({ msg: "Already Liked" });
} else {
user.likedBy.unshift({ user: req.user.id });
loggedUser.liked.unshift({ user: req.params.id });
await user.save();
await loggedUser.save();
const value1 = user.likedBy[0].user;
const value2 = user.liked[0].user;
if (value1 === value2) {
user.matched.unshift({ user: req.user.id });
loggedUser.matched.unshift({ user: req.params.id });
await user.save();
await loggedUser.save();
res.status(200).send("Liked & Matched!");
} else {
res.status(200).send("Liked!");
}
}
} catch (err) {
console.error(err.message);
res.status(500).send("Server Error");
}
});

Building A Referral System Using Nodejs

So am still kinda new to nodejs and am currently on a project and would to integrate a referral sytem into it. Basically on registering a user has a generated unique url that ither users can register with, i have gotten pass this part but now am trying to link the new user and the user who owns the link.
Here are my Models:
Referral Model
import mongoose, { mongo } from 'mongoose';
const referralSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
referralId: [
{
type: String,
unique: true
}
],
referralLink: {
type: String,
unique: true
},
userId: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: 'user'
},
createdAt: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now()
}
})
const Referral = mongoose.model("Referral", referralSchema);
export default Referral;
User Model
import mongoose from 'mongoose';
import passportLocalMongoose from 'passport-local-mongoose'
const userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
firstName: String,
lastName: String,
email: {
type: String,
trim: true,
required: true,
unique: true,
lowercase: true
},
emailToken: String,
isVerified: Boolean,
username: String,
password: String,
isAdmin: Boolean,
refId: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "referral",
},
walletId: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "wallet",
},
plan: [
{
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "plan",
}
]
})
userSchema.plugin(passportLocalMongoose);
const User = mongoose.model("User", userSchema);
export default User;
And Here is my code
router.get('/verify-email', async (req, res, next) => {
try {
const user = await User.findOne({ emailToken: req.query.token });
if (!user) {
req.flash('error', 'Token is invalid, Please contact us for assistance');
return res.redirect('/');
}
user.emailToken = null;
user.isVerified = true;
const savedUser = await user.save().then((user) => {
//Create new referral for new user
const newReferrer = new Referral({
referralId: uuidv4(),
referralLink: uuidv4(),
userId: user._id,
});
//save referral to the database
newReferrer.save()
const customUserResponse = { user: savedUser }
customUserResponse.refCode = newReferrer.referralId
req.login(user, async (err) => {
if (err)
return next(err);
req.flash('success', `Welcome to Jenerouszy Mechanism ${user.username}`);
const redirectUrl = req.session.redirectTo || `/dashboard`;
delete req.session.redirectTo;
res.redirect(redirectUrl);
});
});
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
req.flash('error', 'Something went wrong, please try again or contact us for assistance')
res.redirect('/')
}
});
router.get("/referrals", middlewareObj.isLoggedIn, (req, res) => {
Referral.findOne({ userId: req.user._id })
.populate('user') //Populate model with user
.then(loggedUser => {
//Generate random referral link
const generatedRefLink = `${req.protocol}://${req.headers.host}/register?reflink=${loggedUser.referralLink}/dashboard`
res.render('dashboard/referrals', {
loggedUser: loggedUser,
generatedRefLink: generatedRefLink
})
})
})
I don't know how to go about this, can someone please guide me on what to do.

sequelize.js custom validator, check for unique username / password

Imagine I have defined the following custom validator function:
isUnique: function () { // This works as expected
throw new Error({error:[{message:'Email address already in use!'}]});
}
However, when I attempt to query the DB I run into problems:
isUnique: function (email) { // This doesn't work
var User = seqeulize.import('/path/to/user/model');
User.find({where:{email: email}})
.success(function () { // This gets called
throw new Error({error:[{message:'Email address already in use!'}]}); // But this isn't triggering a validation error.
});
}
How can I query the ORM in a custom validator and trigger a validation error based on the response from the ORM?

You can verify if the email already exists like that:
email: {
type: Sequelize.STRING,
allowNull: false,
validate: {
isEmail:true
},
unique: {
args: true,
msg: 'Email address already in use!'
}
}

Here's a simplified sample of a functioning isUnique validation callback (works as of SequelizeJS v2.0.0). I added comments to explain the important bits:
var UserModel = sequelize.define('User', {
id: {
type: Sequelize.INTEGER(11).UNSIGNED,
autoIncrement: true,
primaryKey: true
},
email: {
type: Sequelize.STRING,
validate: {
isUnique: function(value, next) {
UserModel.find({
where: {email: value},
attributes: ['id']
})
.done(function(error, user) {
if (error)
// Some unexpected error occured with the find method.
return next(error);
if (user)
// We found a user with this email address.
// Pass the error to the next method.
return next('Email address already in use!');
// If we got this far, the email address hasn't been used yet.
// Call next with no arguments when validation is successful.
next();
});
}
}
}
});
module.exports = UserModel;

With Sequelize 2.0, you need to catch Validation Errors.
First, define the User Model with a custom validator:
var User = sequelize.define('User',
{
email: {
type: Sequelize.STRING,
allowNull: false,
unique: true,
validate: {
isUnique: function (value, next) {
var self = this;
User.find({where: {email: value}})
.then(function (user) {
// reject if a different user wants to use the same email
if (user && self.id !== user.id) {
return next('Email already in use!');
}
return next();
})
.catch(function (err) {
return next(err);
});
}
}
},
other_field: Sequelize.STRING
});
module.exports = User;
Then, in the controller, catch any Validation Errors:
var Sequelize = require('sequelize'),
_ = require('lodash'),
User = require('./path/to/User.model');
exports.create = function (req, res) {
var allowedKeys = ['email', 'other_field'];
var attributes = _.pick(req.body, allowedKeys);
User.create(attributes)
.then(function (user) {
res.json(user);
})
.catch(Sequelize.ValidationError, function (err) {
// respond with validation errors
return res.status(422).send(err.errors);
})
.catch(function (err) {
// every other error
return res.status(400).send({
message: err.message
});
});

Success callback is called even if no user is found. You have to check if the function passes a user as an argument:
isUnique: function (email) {
var User = seqeulize.import('/path/to/user/model');
User.find({where:{email: email}})
.success(function (u) { // This gets called
if(u){
throw new Error({error:[{message:'Email address already in use!'}]}); // But this isn't triggering a validation error.
}
});
}

Define the User Model with a custom validator:
const { DataTypes } = require('sequelize');
const sequelize = require('../config/db');
const UserModel = sequelize.define('user', {
id: {
type: DataTypes.INTEGER(11).UNSIGNED,
autoIncrement: true,
primaryKey: true,
},
name: {
type: DataTypes.STRING,
allowNull: false,
},
email: {
type: DataTypes.STRING,
allowNull: false,
validate: {
isUnique: (value, next) => {
UserModel.findAll({
where: { email: value },
attributes: ['id'],
})
.then((user) => {
if (user.length != 0)
next(new Error('Email address already in use!'));
next();
})
.catch((onError) => console.log(onError));
},
},
},
password: {
type: DataTypes.STRING,
allowNull: false,
},
createdAt: {
type: DataTypes.DATE,
allowNull: false,
},
updatedAt: {
type: DataTypes.DATE,
allowNull: false,
},
});
module.exports = UserModel;