$lookup in nested array - mongodb

Question

I need a MongoDB query to return the aggregation result from a collection of events, users and confirmations.
db.events.aggregate([
{
"$match": {
"_id": "1"
}
},
{
"$lookup": {
"from": "confirmations",
"as": "confirmations",
"let": {
"eventId": "$_id"
},
"pipeline": [
{
"$match": {
"$expr": {
"$eq": [
"$eventId",
"$$eventId"
]
}
}
},
{
"$lookup": {
"from": "users",
"as": "user",
"let": {
"userId": "$confirmations.userId"
},
"pipeline": [
{
"$match": {
"$expr": {
"$eq": [
"$_id",
"$$userId"
]
}
}
},
]
},
},
]
}
}
])
Desired
[
{
"_id": "1",
"confirmations": [
{
"_id": "1",
"eventId": "1",
"user": {
"_id": "1",
"name": "X"
},
"userId": "1"
},
{
"_id": "2",
"eventId": "1",
"user": {
"_id": "2",
"name": "Y"
},
"userId": "2"
}
],
"title": "foo"
}
]
Everything works except the embedded user in confirmations array. I need the output to show the confirmations.user, not an empty array.
Playgound: https://mongoplayground.net/p/jp49FW59WCv

Answer 1

You made mistake in variable declaration of inner $lookup. Try this Solution:
db.events.aggregate([
{
"$match": {
"_id": "1"
}
},
{
$lookup: {
from: "confirmations",
let: { "eventId": "$_id" },
pipeline: [
{
$match: {
"$expr": {
$eq: ["$eventId", "$$eventId"]
}
}
},
{
$lookup: {
from: "users",
let: { "userId": "$userId" },
pipeline: [
{
$match: {
$expr: {
$eq: ["$_id", "$$userId"]
}
}
}
],
as: "user"
}
},
{ $unwind: "$user" }
],
as: "confirmations"
}
}
])
Also instead of $unwind of user inside inner $lookup you can use:
{
$addFields: {
user: { $arrayElemAt: ["$user", 0] }
}
}
since $unwind will not preserve empty results from previous stage by default.