I'm trying to filter my pets by category, I have the following model of pets:
const Pet = mongoose.model(
'Pet',
new Schema({
name: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
age: {
type: Number,
required: true,
},
description: {
type: String,
},
weight: {
type: Number,
required: true,
},
color: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
images: {
type: Array,
required: true,
},
available: {
type: Boolean,
},
category: Object,
user: Object,
adopter: Object,
}, { timestamps: true }),
);
module.exports = Pet;when I try to get the data through postman it returns an empty array as a response.
my code to filter by category:
static async getByCategory(req, res) {
const id = req.params.id;
// check if id is valid
if (!ObjectId.isValid(id)) {
res.status(422).json({ msg: 'Invalid ID' });
return;
}
const pets = await Pet.find({ 'category._id': id }).sort('-createdAt');
if (!pets) {
res.status(404).json({ msg: 'Pets not found!' });
return;
}
res.status(200).json({ pets });
}it's my first time using mongodb so i'm not sure what's wrong.
Could you check that your MongoDB indeed has a field category._id?
id being passed from the client side is string and the one which is saved in the db is ObjectId. Convert the string to Mongoose ObjectId before Pet.find().
const id = mongoose.Types.ObjectId(req.params.id);
const pets = await Pet.find({ 'category._id': id }).sort('-createdAt');
Don't forget to import 'mongoose'.