Node.js Mongoose.js string to ObjectId function

Is there a function to turn a string into an objectId in node using mongoose? The schema specifies that something is an ObjectId, but when it is saved from a string, mongo tells me it is still just a string. The _id of the object, for instance, is displayed as objectId("blah").


Solution 1:

You can do it like so:

var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var id = mongoose.Types.ObjectId('4edd40c86762e0fb12000003');

Solution 2:

You can use this also

const { ObjectId } = require('mongodb');
const _id = ObjectId("4eb6e7e7e9b7f4194e000001");

it's simplest way to do it