I'm making an API with Node.js which is for a money management App. I have my user schema as the following:
const userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
name: {
type:String,
required: true
},
email:{
type: String,
required: true,
uniqe:true
},
password:{
type:String,
required: true
},
budget:{
type:String ,
required: true
},
currency: {
type: String,
required: true },
spendings: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref:'Spendings'},
purchases :{
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref:'Purchases'},
debts: {
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref:'Debts'}
});
module.exports = mongoose.model('User', userSchema);
What I'm trying to do is get all the users' Debts (for example) but I couldn't figure it out. I only was able to create and get Debts with the userID. This is my Debts Schema:
const debtsSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
_id: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
debtsName:{
type:String,
required:true
},
price:{
type:Number,
required:true
},
userID: {
type: mongoose.Schema.ObjectId,
ref: 'User',
required: true
}
},
{timestamps:true}
);
module.exports = mongoose.model('Debts', debtsSchema);
AuthController
exports.getOneUser = (req, res, next) => {
const id = req.params.userID;
User.findById(id).populate('spendings').populate('debts').populate('purchases')
.then(doc => {
if(doc) {
console.log("From database", doc);
res.status(200).json(doc);
} else {
res.status(404).json({
message: "No data is found by provided ID"
});
}
})
.catch(err => {
console.log(err);
res.status(500).json({
error: err
});
})
}
Please note that I am new o Node.js and explain in detail. Thanks in advance
If you want to get Debts data of a particular user, write a query on debts collection using userID.
Debts.find({userID: id})
If you want all the users data with their corresponding debts data,
User.find({}).populate('debts')