Mongodb 4.1.4 with typescript - findOne syntax error: Type ‘void’ is not assignable to type ‘DBUser | undefined’.ts(2322)

[Tom_Keidar]

Hey all,

I’m using mongodb client 4.1.4 with typescript and having a weird ts error on a code that used to work fine.

Here is a code sample:

async function getUser(): Promise<DBUser | undefined> {
  const filter: Filter<DBUser> = { apiKey: '123' }
  return collection.findOne(filter)
}

That’s the error on vscode:

Type 'void' is not assignable to type 'DBUser | undefined'.ts(2322)
(method) Collection<Document>.findOne(callback: Callback<Document | null>): void (+10 overloads)

and the definition of findOne in mongodb.d.ts (version 4.1.4):

It seems like it “uses” a wrong overload of the findOne function which returns void instead of the one which returns a promise.

What am I doing wrong and how can I fix that?

tnx

[Staffan_Eketorp]

experiencing the same thing

[Staffan_Eketorp]

https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/NODE-4095

fix(NODE-4095): hard to use findOne with filter