Mongoose's find method with $or condition does not work properly

Question

Recently I start using MongoDB with Mongoose on Nodejs.

When I use Model.find method with $or condition and _id field, Mongoose does not w

Answer 1

async() => {
let body = await model.find().or([
  { name: 'something'},
  { nickname: 'somethang'}
]).exec();
console.log(body);
}
/* Gives an array of the searched query!
returns [] if not found */

Answer 2

According to mongoDB documentation: "...That is, for MongoDB to use indexes to evaluate an $or expression, all the clauses in the $or expression must be supported by indexes."

So add indexes for your other fields and it will work. I had a similar problem and this solved it.

You can read more here: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/operator/query/or/

Answer 3

I solved it through googling:

var ObjectId = require('mongoose').Types.ObjectId;
var objId = new ObjectId( (param.length < 12) ? "123456789012" : param );
// You should make string 'param' as ObjectId type. To avoid exception, 
// the 'param' must consist of more than 12 characters.

User.find( { $or:[ {'_id':objId}, {'name':param}, {'nickname':param} ]}, 
  function(err,docs){
    if(!err) res.send(docs);
});

Answer 4

I implore everyone to use Mongoose's query builder language and promises instead of callbacks:

User.find().or([{ name: param }, { nickname: param }])
    .then(users => { /*logic here*/ })
    .catch(error => { /*error logic here*/ })

Read more about Mongoose Queries.