Is it possible to populate data using data api?

[Andres_Filoso]

I’m not able to find anything in the documentation related with population using the Data API from Mongo Atlas.

I’m doing something like this, but not working:

const body = JSON.stringify({
    ...connectionData,
    filter: {
      status: true,
      catalog: true,
      slug,
    },
    populate: 'taxes',
    collection: 'products',
    projection,
  });

[Jason_Tran]

Hi @Andres_Filoso - Welcome to the community.

Just to clarify, are you referring to just inserting data into a collection? Maybe the Data API examples for inserting a document may help.

Regards,
Jason

[Andres_Filoso]

Hi @Jason_Tran.

No. Actually, I was looking to use $lookup to “populate” documents from another collection. I was able to accomplish this by using the pipeline field and removing the filter and projection fields.

https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/app-services/data-api/openapi/#operation/aggregate

Also here is an example of how to use it.

Thank you!