Equivalent of $elemMatch Query operator for use in $match within the Aggregation $lookup with pipeline

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Hi All,

I am looking for something equivalent of $elemMatch Query operator for use in $match within the Aggregation $lookup with pipeline. Any suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,
Sam

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You can use $elemMatch inside $lookup.pipeline.$match like this:

const pipeline = [
  {
    $lookup: {
      from: 'other_collection',
      pipeline: [
        {
          $match: {
            itemsInArray: {
              $elemMatch: {
                foo: false,
                bar: true,
              },
            },
          },
        },
      ],
      as: 'result',
    },
  },
];

Though, it does not support pipeline variables
But you can add variable support with $unwind + $expr:

  {
    $lookup: {
      from: 'other_collection',
      let: {
        foo: '$parentFoo',
        bar: '$parentBar',
      },
      pipeline: [
        {
          $unwind: '$itemsInArray',
        },
        {
          $match: {
            $expr: {
              $and: [
                { $eq: ['$itemsInArray.foo', '$$foo']},
                { $eq: ['$itemsInArray.bar', '$$bar']},
              ],
            },
          },
        },
        {
          $group: {
            _id: '$_id',
            itemsInArray: {
              $first: '$itemsInArray',
            },
          },
        },
      ],
      as: 'result',
    },
  },
];