How to convert a string to ObjectId in nodejs mongodb native driver?
I'm using mongodb native driver in a nodejs
environment and I need to convert an id
string to ObjectId to use it in my update query, how can I do this?
with ObjectId (nodejs driver doc)
When you have a string representing a BSON ObjectId (received from a web request for example), then you need to convert it to an ObjectId instance:
const {ObjectId} = require('mongodb'); // or ObjectID
// or var ObjectId = require('mongodb').ObjectId if node version < 6
const updateStuff = (id, doc) => {
// `ObjectId` can throw https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/blob/0.5/lib/bson/objectid.js#L22-L51, it's better anyway to sanitize the string first
if (!ObjectId.isValid(s)) {
return Promise.reject(new TypeError(`Invalid id: ${id}`));
}
return collection.findOneAndUpdate(
{_id: ObjectId(id)},
{$set: doc},
{returnOriginal: false}
);
};
var {ObjectId} = require('mongodb'); // or ObjectID Not Working
as mentioned by @caubub won't work for me.
But when I use var ObjectID = require('mongodb').ObjectID; // convert string to ObjectID
in mongodb then I am able to convert string to ObjectId in nodejs mongodb native drive.
For reference visit to http://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/2.2/api/ObjectID.html