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user13468285
user13468285

Reputation:

How to query mongoose to find one thing or the other using the findOne method

I am trying to create a login system using mongoose to store the data. simply put... if a user model has both email and username fields, and i want to query the database to find if a new user signing up does not have the same email or username as an existing user?? basically something like this

 const user = await User.findOne({ email: req.body.email || username: req.body.username })

      if(user){
        return "user already exists"
      }

so basically i am asking how can i find if the email already exists in the database OR the username already exits in the database? Thank you for the help :}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 957

Answers (1)

Jakub A Suplicki
Jakub A Suplicki

Reputation: 4801

You can use $or operator, try:

 const user = await User.findOne({ $or: [{ email: req.body.email }, { username: req.body.username }] })

      if(user){
        return "user already exists"
      }

For your reference. Hope it helps.

Upvotes: 2

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