Script•3y ago

✅ – Script – 21-27 Dec 11

gig returns an object inside that object lies proposals which is an array of objects in each object in the proposals array contain a user id I am trying to populate the user's object in each of the objects in the proposals array, how do I achieve that?| #mongoDb

  const gig = await Gig.findById(req.gigId)
    .populate("proposals")
    .then(async (res) => { })

  const gig = await Gig.findById(req.gigId)
    .populate("proposals")
    .then(async (res) => { })

3 Replies

ScriptOP•3y ago

answer:

const gig = await Gig.findById(req.gigId).populate({
    path: "proposals",
    populate: { path: "freelancerId", model: "User" },
  });

const gig = await Gig.findById(req.gigId).populate({
    path: "proposals",
    populate: { path: "freelancerId", model: "User" },
  });

reactibot•3y ago

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