I just started learning express and mongodb. I recently faced the kind of problem, I'm trying to select all the subdocuments which are inside of Room model.
const books = await Room.find().populate('book');
But it returns whole room document when i want to select only bookings field.
Here's the book schema
const bookSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
startDate: {
type: Date,
required: true,
},
endDate: {
type: Date,
required: true,
},
name: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
phone: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
});
module.exports = mongoose.model("book", bookSchema)
And here's the room schema
const roomSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
currentlyReserved: {
type: Boolean,
default: false,
},
people: {
type: Number,
required: true,
},
roomNumber: {
type: Number,
required: true,
},
pricePerPerson: {
type: Number,
required: true,
},
reservedUntil: {
type: Date,
default: null,
},
reservedBy: {
type: String,
default: null,
},
bookings: {
type: [{ type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: "book" }],
},
});
module.exports = mongoose.model("room", roomSchema);