native update in Sails with Mongo does not work with ObjectId

Question

I wonder what I am doing wrong.

I use Sailsv0.10 and mongo2.6.0 and want to update an array field (using $push) in a collection via native.

My model:

Answer 1

if you use sailsjs then:

ObjectID = require('sails-mongo/node_modules/mongodb').ObjectID;
var o_id = new ObjectID(req.param('id'));
console.log(o_id );

:)

rhernandez@itemsoft.mx

Answer 2

The problem is because, in mongo relation field, data stores as string - but should be as ObjectID, e.g. ObjectID("56309f327dc5a4133c54bd5e"). I've tried to generate ObjectID in beforeCreate() function

beforeCreate: function(values, cb) {
    var ObjectID = require('mongodb').ObjectID;
    values.owner = ObjectID(values.owner);
    cb();
}

But it throw an error "Argument passed in must be a single String of 12 bytes or a string of 24 hex characters new ObjectId". I had sails-mongo 0.11.2. Then I'v tried to update - and it helped to me. So check your sails-mongo version. Do not forget to remove manual generating ObjectID from beforeCreate() it will deals by itself

beforeCreate: function(values, cb) {

    cb();
}

Answer 3

If you want to use native() you can always try the same query directly in your mongo-DB. Because _id is a Object-id you should

var ObjectId = require('mongodb').ObjectID;

 User.native(function (err, collection) {
  collection.update({_id: new ObjectId(anIdVariable)},{$push:{pubs:aPubsVariable}}, function (err) {
});

You can add the mongo-native-driver to you app with npm install mongodb --save