Node.js Mongoose.js string to ObjectId function

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Is there a function to turn a string into an objectId in node using mongoose? The schema specifies that something is an ObjectId, but when it is saved from a string, mongo tells me it is still just a string. The _id of the object, for instance, is displayed as objectId("blah").

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8 Answers

You can use this also

const { ObjectId } = require('mongodb');
const _id = ObjectId("4eb6e7e7e9b7f4194e000001");

it's simplest way to do it

user_115379570

Just see the below code snippet if you are implementing a REST API through express and mongoose. (Example for ADD)

....
exports.AddSomething = (req,res,next) =>{
  const newSomething = new SomeEntity({
 _id:new mongoose.Types.ObjectId(), //its very own ID
  somethingName:req.body.somethingName,
  theForeignKey: mongoose.Types.ObjectId(req.body.theForeignKey)// if you want to pass an object ID
})
}
...

Hope it Helps

user_99838020

If you want to use schema

const yourSchemma = new Schema({
"customerId": {
    type: mongoose.Types.ObjectId,
    required: true
}

});

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