Stop Mongoose from creating _id property for sub-document array items
It's simple, you can define this in the subschema :
var mongoose = require("mongoose");
var subSchema = mongoose.Schema({
// your subschema content
}, { _id : false });
var schema = mongoose.Schema({
// schema content
subSchemaCollection : [subSchema]
});
var model = mongoose.model('tablename', schema);
You can create sub-documents without schema and avoid _id
. Just add _id: false
to your subdocument declaration.
var schema = new mongoose.Schema({
field1: {
type: String
},
subdocArray: [{
_id: false,
field: { type: String }
}]
});
This will prevent the creation of an _id
field in your subdoc.
Tested in Mongoose v5.9.10
Additionally, if you use an object literal syntax for specifying a sub-schema, you may also just add _id: false
to supress it.
{
sub: {
property1: String,
property2: String,
_id: false
}
}
I'm using mongoose 4.6.3 and all I had to do was add _id: false in the schema, no need to make a subschema.
{
_id: ObjectId
subDocArray: [
{
_id: false,
field: "String"
}
]
}
You can use either of the one
var subSchema = mongoose.Schema({
//subschema fields
},{ _id : false });
or
var subSchema = mongoose.Schema({
//subschema content
_id : false
});
Check your mongoose version before using the second option