Storing Json Object in Mongoose String key

Question

In my Mongoose schema, I have a field which is a String, and I want to be able to store an JSON object in it. Is it possible? In Postgres, it\'s possible to store a dictionary i

Answer 1

We needed to retain structure and not do a string so I came up with the following methods to handle this:

const setMongoMixedWithBadKeys = data =>
  Array.isArray(data)
  ? data.map(setMongoMixedWithBadKeys)
  : typeof data === 'object' 
  ? Object.entries(data).reduce((a, [key,value])=>({...a, [key.replace('.','__').replace('$','___')]:setMongoMixedWithBadKeys(value)}), {})
  : data

const getMongoMixedWithBadKeys = data =>
  Array.isArray(data) 
  ? data.map(getMongoMixedWithBadKeys) 
  : typeof data === 'object'
  ? Object.entries(data).reduce((a, [key, value])=> ({...a, [key.replace('__','.').replace('___','$')]:getMongoMixedWithBadKeys(value)}), {})
  : data


data: {
  type: Mixed,
  get:  getMongoMixedWithBadKeys,
  set:  setMongoMixedWithBadKeys
}