I have a recursively nested subdocuments (arrays), looks generally like:
parent:{
children:[{
field,
children:[{
field,
children:[{
...
}]
},
{
field,
children:[{
...
}]
},
...]
}
}
Meaning every children subdocument may have another nested children subdocuments.
I'm trying to edit a subdocument (let's call it "child"). For example, I want to edit the child at level 3. This means I need to go down 3 levels of children, access the child and save the document (parent).
What I'm doing now is to send the level to the function, along with the information I want to add to the child. I find the document (findOne to the parent's Id), go down the levels, attempt to edit the child, and finally save the document:
await parentModel.findOne({'_id': parentId}).populate(/*population needed for the information*/)
.exec().then(async (result)=>{
let children = result.children;
for (let i=0; i<level;i++){
children = children.children;
}
children.push(child); //in my specific case I simply push the child to the children one level above
await result.save((e,doc)=>{...})
What happens is that I do see that children.push(child) is successful, but the document does not save it (although the save function is successful as well).
I assume it has something to do with the fact that I take children locally (let children...), but I'm not sure if that's true, so I'm seeking advice.
when you change a nested array you have to "tell" to mongoose that is changed, because by default it not recognize it.
You can do this using markModified('fieldName').
example:
parent ---> a mongooose doc
parent.child.push({new child object});
parent.markModified('child);
parent.save();