Join multiple collections in MongoDB - mongodb

Question

Greetings amigo i have one question related joining multiple collection in MongoDb
i have collection schema something like below
Posts Collection
{
"type": "POST_TYPE",
"_id": "63241dffb0f6770c23663230",
"user_id": "63241dffb0f6770c23663230",
"post_id": "63241dffb0f6770c23663230",
"likes": 50
}
Post Types: 1. Event
{
"date": "2022-09-16T07:07:18.242+00:00",
"_id": "63241dffb0f6770c23663230",
"user_id": "63241dffb0f6770c23663230",
"venue": "Some Place",
"lat": "null",
"long": "null",
}
Post Types: 2. Poll
{
"created_date": "2022-09-16T07:07:18.242+00:00",
"_id": "63241dffb0f6770c23663230",
"user_id": "63241dffb0f6770c23663230",
"question": "Question??????",
"poll_opt1": "Yes",
"poll_opt2": "No",
"poll_opt1_count": "5",
"poll_opt2_count": "2"
}
now i have to join Post collection with respective collection e.g.
"post_id" to Event::_id or Poll::_id with condition to Post::type
i have tried aggregation but it does not gave expected output.
i am trying to get output something like below
[
{
"type": "event",
"_id": "63241dffb0f6770c23663230",
"user_id": "63241dffb0f6770c23663230",
"post_id": {
"date": "2022-09-16T07:07:18.242+00:00",
"_id": "63241dffb0f6770c23663230",
"user_id": "63241dffb0f6770c23663230",
"venue": "Some Place",
"lat": "null",
"long": "null"
},
"likes": 50
},
{
"type": "poll",
"_id": "63241dffb0f6770c23663230",
"user_id": "63241dffb0f6770c23663230",
"post_id": {
"created_date": "2022-09-16T07:07:18.242+00:00",
"_id": "63241dffb0f6770c23663230",
"user_id": "63241dffb0f6770c23663230",
"question": "Question??????",
"poll_opt1": "Yes",
"poll_opt2": "No",
"poll_opt1_count": "5",
"poll_opt2_count": "2"
},
"likes": 50
}
]
is there any efficient way to achieve this or better MongoDb schema to manage these types of records?

Answer 1

You can try something like this, using $facet:
db.posts.aggregate([
{
"$facet": {
"eventPosts": [
{
"$match": {
type: "event"
},
},
{
"$lookup": {
"from": "events",
"localField": "post_id",
"foreignField": "_id",
"as": "post_id"
}
}
],
"pollPosts": [
{
"$match": {
type: "poll"
},
},
{
"$lookup": {
"from": "poll",
"localField": "post_id",
"foreignField": "_id",
"as": "post_id"
}
}
]
}
},
{
"$addFields": {
"doc": {
"$concatArrays": [
"$pollPosts",
"$eventPosts"
]
}
}
},
{
"$unwind": "$doc"
},
{
"$replaceRoot": {
"newRoot": "$doc"
}
},
{
"$addFields": {
"post_id": {
"$cond": {
"if": {
"$eq": [
{
"$size": "$post_id"
},
0
]
},
"then": {},
"else": {
"$arrayElemAt": [
"$post_id",
0
]
}
}
}
}
}
])
We do the following, in the query:
Perform two $lookups for the different post_type within $facet. This unfortunately will increase, with the different values of post_type.
Then we combine all the arrays obtained from $facet, using $concatArray.
Then we unwind the concatenated array, and bring the nested document to the root using $replaceRoot.
Finally, for post_id we pick the first array element if it exists, to match the desired output.
Playground link.