Retrieve Array in Subdocument MongoDB

Question

I have a Users model structure somewhat like this:

const userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
  email: { type: String, unique: true },
  password: String,

  todosDo: [models.Do.schema],
}

And the child "Do" schema somewhat like this (in a different file):

const doSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
  name: {type: String, default : ''},
  user: {type: mongoose.Schema.ObjectId, ref: 'User'},
  createdAt: {type : Date, default : Date.now}
});

And I'm trying to figure out how to retrieve the todosDo array for the signed in user. This is what I've got so far:

// Get all "Do" todos from DB
// Experimenting to find todos from certain user
  User.findById(req.user.id, function(err, user){
    if(err){
        console.log(err);
    } else {
      doTodos = user.todosDo, // this obviously doesn't work, just an idea of what I was going for
      console.log(doTodos); 
      finished();
    }
  });  

Am I referencing the child/parent wrong or am I just not retrieving the array right? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Thanks for your help everybody! My problem was that I needed to push all the newly created todos in the post route to todosDo, so then I could retrieve them at the get route. Everything's working now!