I have an array of _ids and I want to get all docs accordingly, what's the best way to do it ?
Something like ...
// doesn't work ... of course ...
model.find({
'_id' : [
'4ed3ede8844f0f351100000c',
'4ed3f117a844e0471100000d',
'4ed3f18132f50c491100000e'
]
}, function(err, docs){
console.log(docs);
});
The array might contain hundreds of _ids.
The find function in mongoose is a full query to mongoDB. This means you can use the handy mongoDB $in clause, which works just like the SQL version of the same.
model.find({
'_id': { $in: [
mongoose.Types.ObjectId('4ed3ede8844f0f351100000c'),
mongoose.Types.ObjectId('4ed3f117a844e0471100000d'),
mongoose.Types.ObjectId('4ed3f18132f50c491100000e')
]}
}, function(err, docs){
console.log(docs);
});
This method will work well even for arrays containing tens of thousands of ids. (See Efficiently determine the owner of a record)
I would recommend that anybody working with mongoDB read through the Advanced Queries section of the excellent Official mongoDB Docs
{ _id : 5 } is the same as { '_id' : 5 }.Ids is the array of object ids:
const ids = [
'4ed3ede8844f0f351100000c',
'4ed3f117a844e0471100000d',
'4ed3f18132f50c491100000e',
];
Using Mongoose with callback:
Model.find().where('_id').in(ids).exec((err, records) => {});
Using Mongoose with async function:
const records = await Model.find().where('_id').in(ids).exec();
Or more concise:
const records = await Model.find({ '_id': { $in: ids } });
Don't forget to change Model with your actual model.
ObjectId's like the above (say, I have projects, and I assigned an array of projects to certain users with the project_id referenced on the user model), if I delete a project, how do I make sure the id is deleted from the array referenced from the user model ? Thanks mat.
Combining Daniel's and snnsnn's answers:
let ids = ['id1', 'id2', 'id3'];
let data = await MyModel.find({
'_id': {
$in: ids
}
});
Simple and clean code. It works and tested against:
"mongodb": "^3.6.0",
"mongoose": "^5.10.0",
[] but realized from your answer that it is already an array :|
Use this format of querying
let arr = _categories.map(ele => new mongoose.Types.ObjectId(ele.id));
Item.find({ vendorId: mongoose.Types.ObjectId(_vendorId) , status:'Active'})
.where('category')
.in(arr)
.exec();
This code works for me just fine as of mongoDB v4.2 and mongoose 5.9.9:
const Ids = ['id1','id2','id3']
const results = await Model.find({ _id: Ids})
and the Ids can be of type ObjectId or String
if you are using the async-await syntax you can use
const allPerformanceIds = ["id1", "id2", "id3"];
const findPerformances = await Performance.find({
_id: {
$in: allPerformanceIds
}
});
Both node.js and MongoChef force me to convert to ObjectId. This is what I use to grab a list of users from the DB and fetch a few properties. Mind the type conversion on line 8.
// this will complement the list with userName and userPhotoUrl
// based on userId field in each item
augmentUserInfo = function(list, callback) {
var userIds = [];
var users = []; // shortcut to find them faster afterwards
for (l in list) { // first build the search array
var o = list[l];
if (o.userId) {
userIds.push(new mongoose.Types.ObjectId(o.userId)); // for Mongo query
users[o.userId] = o; // to find the user quickly afterwards
}
}
db.collection("users").find({
_id: {
$in: userIds
}
}).each(function(err, user) {
if (err) {
callback(err, list);
} else {
if (user && user._id) {
users[user._id].userName = user.fName;
users[user._id].userPhotoUrl = user.userPhotoUrl;
} else { // end of list
callback(null, list);
}
}
});
}
I tried like below and it works for me.
var array_ids = [1, 2, 6, 9]; // your array of ids
model.find({
'_id': {
$in: array_ids
}
}).toArray(function(err, data) {
if (err) {
logger.winston.error(err);
} else {
console.log("data", data);
}
});
The answers above don't work for mongodb 6.
My workaround ;
import { ObjectId } from "mongodb";
const ids = ["6786b6789020e854f0099c0a", "6786b6789020e854f0099c0b"]
const userList = await db.collection("user")
.find({ _id: { $in: ids.map(_id => ObjectId.createFromHexString(_id)) } })
.toArray();
I am using this query to find the files in mongo GridFs. I wanted to get the by its Ids.
For me this solution is working: Ids type of ObjectId.
gfs.files
.find({ _id: mongoose.Types.ObjectId('618d1c8176b8df2f99f23ccb') })
.toArray((err, files) => {
if (!files || files.length === 0) {
return res.json('no file exist');
}
return res.json(files);
next();
});
This is not working: Id type of string
gfs.files
.find({ _id: '618d1c8176b8df2f99f23ccb' })
.toArray((err, files) => {
if (!files || files.length === 0) {
return res.json('no file exist');
}
return res.json(files);
next();
});
