Find document with array that contains a specific value

Question

If I have this schema...

person = {
    name : String,
    favoriteFoods : Array
}

... where the favoriteFoods array is popula

Answer 1

There is no $contains operator in mongodb.

You can use the answer from JohnnyHK as that works. The closest analogy to contains that mongo has is $in, using this your query would look like:

PersonModel.find({ favouriteFoods: { "$in" : ["sushi"]} }, ...);