How to use an existing field value with $push in MongoDb? - mongodb

Question

I have the following Mongo collection
{
"_id": ObjectId("5524d12d2702a21830bdb8e5"),
"code": "Apple",
"name": "iPhone",
"parameters": [
{
"code": "xxx",
"name": "Andrew",
"value": "9",
},
{
"code": "yyy",
"name": "Joy",
"value": "7",
},
]
}
I am using the following query to push into the parameters array object
db.coll.update({
"parameters.name": "Andrew"
},
{
$push: {
"parameters": {
"code": "$code",
"name": "bar",
"value": "10",
}
}
},
{
multi: true
})
However, for the value of code, I want to use the value of the object that matched (i.e. the object with parameters.name == "Andrew", which here is xxx.
Here's a playground link to the problem https://mongoplayground.net/p/v-j1tCCjiWq
Also, I am using a really old version (3.2) of MongoDb. It would be preferable if the solution worked with that.

Answer 1

With MongoDB v4.4+, you can first $match with your criteria. Chain up $first with $filter to extract the array element you want. Use $concatArrays to append a new element(i.e. same as $push) to the array and $merge to update back into the collection.
db.coll.aggregate([
{
$match: {
"parameters.name": "Andrew"
}
},
{
$set: {
parameters: {
"$concatArrays": [
"$parameters",
[
{
"$mergeObjects": [
// get the object matched
{
"$first": {
"$filter": {
"input": "$parameters",
"as": "p",
"cond": {
$eq: [
"Andrew",
"$$p.name"
]
}
}
}
},
// update the object matched with other fields with constant value
{
"name": "bar",
"value": "10"
}
]
}
]
]
}
}
},
{
"$merge": {
"into": "coll1",
"on": "_id"
}
}
])
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