Find a specific object in array with Mongoose and Node.js

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I am trying to return a specific object in an array with mongoose. My document is as follows:

{
"_id": {
    "$oid": "577a9345ba1e2a1100624be7"
},
"name": "John Doe",
"password": "$2a$10$NzqAqxTRy8XLCHG8h3Q7IOLBSFCfBJ7R5JqHy1XHHYN.1h074bWJK",
"__v": 0,
"birthDate": "14.07.2016",
"academic": [
    {
        "about": "asdfasdf",
        "to": "asdf",
        "from": "asfdasdf",
        "institute": "asdfasdf",
        "qualification": "asdfasdf",
        "_id": {
            "$oid": "579111b3e68d489f1ff8b6dc"
        }
    }
]

}

I want to return that academic object in the list. I am passing in the institute name into the route my code is as follows:

    getAcademicInstituteByName: function(req, name, cb){
    User.findById(req.user.id, function (err, user) {
        if(err) throw err;
        if(user){
            academic = user.academic.institute(name);
            return cb(null, academic);
        }
    });

But this is not working since I am getting an error saying user.academic.institute is not a function. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Hi there, I am trying to return that entire object in that array by passing in the value of the institute "asdfasdf" — Andre Coetzee
– Andre Coetzee, Commented Jul 23, 2016 at 7:11

robertklep · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-23 07:20:00Z

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user.academic.institute is an array, so you can use regular array operations to find the entry you're interested in:

var academic = user.academic.institute.filter(i => i.institute === name)
                                      .pop();
return cb(null, academic);

answered Jul 23, 2016 at 7:20

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Vincent Rodomista · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-23 07:19:47Z

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 academic = user.academic.institute;

this should work, though I haven't tested it.

answered Jul 23, 2016 at 7:19

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