Hi everyone
I have a model with articles, and would like to populate an array of data with all the documents in a collection.
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
const ArticlesSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
path: {
type: String,
required: true,
unique: true,
},
base_headline: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
intro: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
featured_image: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
author: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
platform_filter: {
type: String,
},
free_filter: {
type: String,
},
content_type: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
data: [{ type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'DesignProducts' }],
date: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now,
},
});
module.exports = mongoose.model('Articles', ArticlesSchema);
The data property should be populated with all documents in the DesignProducts collection.
I tried running this but the data array is still empty:
Article.findOne({ path: slug }).populate('data').exec();
Here is what the designProducts model looks like:
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const DesignProductsSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
name: {
type: String,
required: true,
unique: true,
},
intro: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
website: {
type: String,
required: true,
},
date: {
type: Date,
default: Date.now,
},
});
module.exports = mongoose.model('DesignProducts', DesignProductsSchema);
This array should be populated with all the documents in the DesignProducts collection: