NodeJs MongoDb Mongoose - How to Delete item from Multi Dimensional Array?

Question

//MONGOOSE SCHEMA OBJECT
var userSchema = new Schema( {
  username: { type: String, required: true, unique: true },
  email: { type: String, required: true, unique: true },
  tags:[ {name : String, color : String } ],
  bookmarks:[{link : String, tags:[ {name : String, color : String } ]}]
} );

module.exports = userSchema;        //Export the userSchema
var UserModel = mongoose.model('UserModel', userSchema ); //Create Model
module.exports = UserModel;      //Export the Model

//I CAN DELETE AN ITEM FROM BOOKMARKS ARRAY NO PROBLEM USING

UserModel.findByIdAndUpdate(userId ,{$push : {bookmarks: {link : req.body.link, tags : req.body.tags}}}, function(err, user_data) {

PROBLEM!! How do I delete a tag from the tags Array, within the bookmarks array given users _id, bookmarks _id and the tag _id or name?

//I have tried variations of the following without success

var update = {bookmarks:[{ _id : bookmarkId},
$pull: {tags:[_id : tagid ] }] };

UserModel.findByIdAndUpdate(userId ,update, function(err, user_data) {

AND

UserModel.findOne( {_id : userId}).select({ bookmarks:[ { $elemMatch: {_id : req.params.bookmarkId}}] }).exec(function(err, user_data)

Initially I was using different Models and subdocuments.

var bookmarkSchema = new Schema( {
    link : String,
    tags:[tagSchema]
});

var tagSchema = new Schema( {
    name : String,
    color : String
});

var userSchema = new Schema( {
  username: { type: String, required: true, unique: true },
  email: { type: String, required: true, unique: true },
  tags:[ {name : String, color : String } ],
  bookmarks: [bookmarkSchema]
} );

However, I was unable to delete items from the subdocuments using the $pull command like I used above. So I reverted to just using one schema/model. This is a very important task to be able to complete and I would be greatful for help.

Thanks Muhammad but I could not get either of the 2 methods to work: 1) Nothing happens to DB and the values of the callbacks are: *numberAffected: 0 *raw: {"updatedExisting":false,"n":0,"connectionId":322,"err":null,"ok":1}

UserModel.update({bookmarks:req.params.bookmarkId},
    { $pull: {"bookmarks.tags" :{_id:req.body._id, name :req.body.name ,color:req.body.color}}}, function(err, numberAffected, raw) {

2) I had to use the lean() function to convert Mongoose Document data format to normal JSON. Otherwise bookmarks.push({link:user.bookmarks[i].link,_id:user.bookmarks[i]._id,tags:tags})

would not combine properly with:

bookmarks.push(user.bookmarks[i]);

on bookmarks[]

However using the lean() functions means I would not be able to save the data to the DB with .save

UserModel.findById(userId).lean(true).exec(function(err, user) {

Muhammad Ali · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-13 09:54:04Z

0

delete from sub-Document of JSON doc,

UserModel.update({bookmarks:bookmarkId},{$pull: {"bookmarks.tags" :{_id:tagsId,name :name ,color:color}}}, function(err, user_data) {

or

UserModel.findOnd(userId,function(er,user){
 var bookmarks= [];
 var tags = [];
 for (var i = 0;i<user.bookmarks.length;i++){
   if (user.bookmarks[i]._id==bookmarkId)
   {
    for (var j = 0;j<user.bookmarks[i].tags.length;j++){
      if (user.bookmarks[i].tags[j]._id==tagid )
      {

      }else {
         tags.push(user.bookmarks[i].tags[j])
       }
     }
    bookmarks.push({link:user.bookmarks[i].link,_id:user.bookmarks[i]._id,tags:tags})
   }
   else {
       bookmarks.push(user.bookmarks[i]);
        }
 }

})

edited Jul 13, 2014 at 9:54

answered Jul 13, 2014 at 9:38

Muhammad Ali

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