update Object inside array of Object with mongoose - mongodb

Question

I'm trying to update and object inside array in MongoDB.
my model is:
let userSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
userName: {
type: String
},
password: {
type: String
},
history: []
});
And inside history each element is from the next type:
id, array(named ing_array) and boolean field called favorite.
I'm trying to update the favorite field with mongoose with the userName and the id.
I tried to do this query and I didn't succed.
Could some one tell me whats worng?
[object photo]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/2mYpP.png
User.findOneAndUpdate(
{ "userName": user_name, "history.id": id },
{ "$set": { "history.$.favorite": true }}
);

Answer 1

You have to use arrayFilters in this way:
db.collection.update({
"userName": "uname",
"history.id": 1
},
{
"$set": {
"history.$[element].favorite": false
}
},
{
"arrayFilters": [
{
"element.id": 1
}
]
})
Note that update query has the format: update(query, update, options) (Check the docs).
When you do { "userName": user_name, "history.id": id } you are telling mongo "Give me all documents where userName is user_name and array history has an id with value id. This return all history array because it belows to the document.
To update an specific object into the array is neccessary to use arrayFilters to tell mongo which object do you want to update. In this case the object where id is equal to 1. You can use as you want to match wit your requirements.
Example here