Mongoose populate issue - array object

Question

My schema is as below

Sectionschema

var SectionSchema = new Schema({
    name: String,
 documents : {
        type : [{
            type: Schema.ObjectId,
            ref: 'Document'
        }]
    }
}

}

DocumentSchema

var DocumentSchema = new Schema({
    name: String,
    extension: String,
    access: String, //private,public
    folderName : String,
    bucketName : String,
    desc: String
});

Api.js

exports.section = function(req, res, next, id) {  

    var fieldSelection = {
        _id: 1,
        name: 1,       
        documents : 1
    };

    var populateArray = [];
    populateArray.push('documents');

    Section.findOne({
        _id: id
    }, fieldSelection)
        .populate(populateArray)
        .exec(function(err, section) {
            if (err) return next(err);
            if (!section) return next(new Error('Failed to load Section ' + id));
            // Found the section!! Set it in request context.
            req.section = section;
            next();
    });
}

If I go this way, I have the 'documents' object is []. However if I remove, "populateArray.push('documents');" then I get documents:['5adfsadf525sdfsdfsdfssdfsd'] -- some object Id (atleast)

Please let me know the way I need to populate.

Thanks.

Jayram · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-01 17:58:27Z

1

Change your query to

Section.findOne({
        _id: id
    }, fieldSelection)
        .populate('documents.type')
        .exec(function(err, section) {
            if (err) return next(err);
            if (!section) return next(new Error('Failed to load Section ' + id));
            // Found the section!! Set it in request context.
            req.section = section;
            next();
    });

and this works. You need to give the path to populate.

answered Oct 1, 2014 at 17:58

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Rohail Najam · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-14 06:28:12Z

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If you just want "documents" in your schema pointing to Array of ObjectID which you will populate later. then you can use this.

var SectionSchema = new Schema({
name: String,
documents : [{
        type: Schema.ObjectId,
        ref: 'Document'
    }]    
});

And use the following to populate it

 Section.findOne({
        _id: id
    }, fieldSelection)
        .populate('documents')
        .exec(function(err, section) {
            if (err) return next(err);
            if (!section) return next(new Error('Failed to load Section ' + id));
            // Found the section!! Set it in request context.
            req.section = section;
            next();
    });

answered Nov 14, 2016 at 6:28

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