I'm trying to accomplish something really easy but still manage to fail.
What I am trying to do is when I get a get
request on my server I want to return all documents BUT just the specific fields populated.
My schema goes as follows
var clientSchema = new Schema({
name:{
type: String,
required: true
},
phone:{
type: String,
required: true
},
email:{
type: String,
required: true
},
address: {
type: String,
required: false
}
});
var orderDetailsSchema = new Schema({
//isn't added to frontend
confirmed:{
type: Boolean,
required: true,
default: false
},
service:{
type: String,
required: true
},
delivery:{
type: String,
required: false
},
payment:{
type: String,
required: false
},
status:{
type: String,
required: true,
default: "new order"
},
});
var orderSchema = new Schema({
reference:{
type: String,
required: true
},
orderdetails: orderDetailsSchema,
client: clientSchema,
wheelspec: [wheelSchema],
invoice:{
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: 'Invoice'
}
});
What I want is to return only client.phone
and client.email
plus orderdetails.status
but still retain reference
field if possible
I have tried using lean()
and populate()
but had no luck with them. Is there anything utterly simple I am missing? Or what I am trying to achieve is not that easy?
Thanks!
You can specify the fields to return like this:
Order.findOne({'_id' : id})
.select('client.phone client.email orderdetails.status reference')
.exec(function(err, order) {
//
});
Alternative syntax
Order.findOne({'_id' : id})
.select('client.phone client.email orderdetails.status reference')
.exec(function(err, order) {
//
});
I've made a number of assumptions here, but you should be able to see the idea.