Mongo Express doesn't correctly display embedded documents

Question

I'm using Mongo Express to view my data in my MongoDB instance during development. I also use the connect-mongo module to store my sessions in MongoDB. For some reason, Mongo Express has difficulties parsing embedded documents created by connect-mongo. The indention doesn't quite work and quotes are escaped. Documents created in connect-mongo do work, as well as those created with mongoose.

Answer 1

Looks like connect-mongo stores its data as strings, rather than as embedded documents. You can try using the default MongoDB shell - mongo and confirm if it's the case.