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ObjectId.toString()
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ObjectId.toString()Returns the string representation of the
ObjectId(). This string value has the format ofObjectId(...).
Example
The following example calls the toString() method
on an ObjectId() instance in mongosh:
ObjectId("507c7f79bcf86cd7994f6c0e").toString()
This will return the following string:
ObjectId("507c7f79bcf86cd7994f6c0e")
You can confirm the type of this object using the following operation:
typeof ObjectId("507c7f79bcf86cd7994f6c0e").toString()