MongoDB: $set specific fields for a document array elements only if not null - mongodb

Question

I have a collection with the following documents (for example):
{
"_id": {
"$oid": "61acefe999e03b9324czzzzz"
},
"matchId": {
"$oid": "61a392cc54e3752cc71zzzzz"
},
"logs": [
{
"actionType": "CREATE",
"data": {
"talent": {
"talentId": "qq",
"talentVersion": "2.10",
"firstName": "Joelle",
"lastName": "Doe",
"socialLinks": [
{
"type": "FACEBOOK",
"url": "https://www.facebook.com"
},
{
"type": "LINKEDIN",
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com"
}
],
"webResults": [
{
"type": "VIDEO",
"date": "2021-11-28T14:31:40.728Z",
"link": "http://placeimg.com/640/480",
"title": "Et necessitatibus",
"platform": "Repellendus"
}
]
},
"createdBy": "DEVELOPER"
}
},
{
"actionType": "UPDATE",
"data": {
"talent": {
"firstName": "Joelle new",
"webResults": [
{
"type": "VIDEO",
"date": "2021-11-28T14:31:40.728Z",
"link": "http://placeimg.com/640/480",
"title": "Et necessitatibus",
"platform": "Repellendus"
}
]
}
}
}
]
},
{
"_id": {
"$oid": "61acefe999e03b9324caaaaa"
},
"matchId": {
"$oid": "61a392cc54e3752cc71zzzzz"
},
"logs": [....]
}
a brief breakdown: I have many objects like this one in the collection. they are a kind of an audit log for actions takes on other documents, 'Match(es)'. for example CREATE + the data, UPDATE + the data, etc.
As you can see, logs field of the document is an array of objects, each describing one of these actions.
data for each action may or may not contain specific fields, that in turn can also be an array of objects: socialLinks and webResults.
I'm trying to remove sensitive data from all of these documents with specified Match ids.
For each document, I want to go over the logs array field, and change the value of specific fields only if they exist, for example: change firstName to *****, same for lastName, if those appear. also, go over the socialLinks array if exists, and for each element inside it, if a field url exists, change it to ***** as well.
What I've tried so far are many minor variations for this query:
$set: {
'logs.$[].data.talent.socialLinks.$[].url': '*****',
'logs.$[].data.talent.webResults.$[].link': '*****',
'logs.$[].data.talent.webResults.$[].title': '*****',
'logs.$[].data.talent.firstName': '*****',
'logs.$[].data.talent.lastName': '*****',
},
and some play around with this kind of aggregation query:
[{
$set: {
'talent.socialLinks.$[el].url': {
$cond: [{ $ne: ['el.url', null] },'*****', undefined],
},
},
}]
resulting in errors like: message: "The path 'logs.0.data.talent.socialLinks' must exist in the document in order to apply array updates.",
But I just cant get it to work... :(
Would love an explanation on how to exactly achieve this kind of set-only-if-exists behaviour.
A working example would also be much appreciated, thx.

Answer 1

Would suggest using $\[<indentifier>\] (filtered positional operator) and arrayFilters to update the nested document(s) in the array field.
In arrayFilters, with $exists to check the existence of the certain document which matches the condition and to be updated.
db.collection.update({},
{
$set: {
"logs.$[a].data.talent.socialLinks.$[].url": "*****",
"logs.$[b].data.talent.webResults.$[].link": "*****",
"logs.$[b].data.talent.webResults.$[].title": "*****",
"logs.$[c].data.talent.firstName": "*****",
"logs.$[d].data.talent.lastName": "*****",
}
},
{
arrayFilters: [
{
"a.data.talent.socialLinks": {
$exists: true
}
},
{
"b.data.talent.webResults": {
$exists: true
}
},
{
"c.data.talent.firstName": {
$exists: true
}
},
{
"d.data.talent.lastName": {
$exists: true
}
}
]
})
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