Mongoose - findByIdAndUpdate - not working with req.body
I have a problem with update documents in mongodb over mongoose.
My model:
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var bcrypt = require('bcrypt-nodejs');
var UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
first_name:{
type: String
},
last_name:{
type: String
},
email:{
type: String,
unique: true,
required: true
},
password:{
type: String,
required: true
},
is_active:{
type: Boolean,
default: true
},
last_login:{
type: Date
}
});
module.exports = mongoose.model('User', UserSchema);
The controller will put the function below:
exports.updateUser = function (req, res) {
console.log(req.body);
User.findByIdAndUpdate(req.body.user_id, {$set:req.body}, function(err, result){
if(err){
console.log(err);
}
console.log("RESULT: " + result);
});
res.send('Done')
}
Console output:
Listening on port 3000... { first_name: 'Michal', last_name: 'Test' }
PUT /api/users/54724d0fccf520000073b9e3 200 58.280 ms - 4
Printable parameters are provided as form data (key value). Doesn't seem to work, at least for me some idea, what's wrong here?
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Instead, you should use req.params.user_id
req.body.user_id
exports.updateUser = function (req, res) {
console.log(req.body);
User.findByIdAndUpdate(req.params.user_id,{$set:req.body}, function(err, result){
if(err){
console.log(err);
}
console.log("RESULT: " + result);
res.send('Done')
});
};
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It req.body
will also be key in the form of text and implemented as an object String
within the code. Thus, it is useful to parse a string into JSON using JSON.parse(req.body.user)
- while user
- is the key and { first_name: 'Michal', last_name: 'Test' }
is the value.
console.log(req.body);
var update = JSON.parse(req.body.user);
var id = req.params.user_id;
User.findByIdAndUpdate(id, update, function(err, result){
if(err){
console.log(err);
}
console.log("RESULT: " + result);
res.send('Done')
});
Note. The update value is sent to Mongo DB as
{$set: { first_name : 'Michal`, last_name: 'Test' }
Further link: Mongoose JS Documentation - findByIdAndUpdate
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