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Raph117
Raph117

Reputation: 3841

Why is this mongoose populate query not working?

My user model:

export const UserInfoSchema = new Schema<IUserInfo>({
  name: {
    type: String,        
  },
  associatedTeams: [
    {
      type: ObjectId, // Schema.Types.ObjectId
      ref: "Team",
    },
  ],
});

and my Team model:

const TeamSchema = new Schema<ITeam>(
  {
    teamName: {
      type: String,
      required: true,
  
    },
    admins: [
      {
        type: ObjectId,
        ref: "UserInfo",
      },
    ],
  }
);

export default models.Team || model<ITeam>("Team", TeamSchema);

If I save a new Team and place the ObjectId in associatedTeams on the UserInfo model, I should be able to do:

 if (user) { // user is a document of UserInfo model
    await user.populate("associatedTeams");
  }

However, this is not working, and the ObjectIds are not being populated. I've spent several hours trying to work out why - if anyone could help that would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 28

Answers (1)

Puwka
Puwka

Reputation: 650

When you are trying to apply populate on doc which is already in memory, you should use execPopulate

await user.populate("associatedTeams").execPopulate()

Upvotes: 1

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