Mongo FindOne and interface{} - mongodb

Question

edit: solved, see first answer. Should have really noticed that while I was creating this example..
I'm trying to create a function that takes an interface instead of a specific type and calls the FindOne function. Does anyone know why the printFirstTrainerByInterface function does not work properly?
I'm using the official Go Mongo-Driver and sample snippets from mongodb-go-driver-tutorial.
package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"log"
"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/bson"
"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo"
"go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/options"
)
type Trainer struct {
Name string
Age int
City string
}
var db *mongo.Database
func main() {
opts := options.Client().ApplyURI("mongodb://localhost:27017")
client, err := mongo.Connect(context.TODO(), opts)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
err = client.Ping(context.TODO(), nil)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
db = client.Database("test")
insertTestDocument()
var result Trainer
printFirstTrainer(result)
var result2 Trainer
printFirstTrainerByInterface(&result2)
}
func insertTestDocument() {
ash := Trainer{"Ash", 10, "Pallet Town"}
res, err := db.Collection("trainers").InsertOne(context.TODO(), ash)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println("Inserted a test document: ", res.InsertedID)
}
func printFirstTrainer(result Trainer) {
collection := db.Collection("trainers")
err := collection.FindOne(context.TODO(), bson.M{}).Decode(&result)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Printf("Found a single document: %+v\n", result)
}
func printFirstTrainerByInterface(result interface{}) {
collection := db.Collection("trainers")
err := collection.FindOne(context.TODO(), bson.M{}).Decode(&result)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Printf("Found a single document: %+v\n", result)
}
Output:
Inserted a test document: ObjectID("5e8216f74f41a13f01061d61")
Found a single document: {Name:Ash Age:10 City:Pallet Town}
Found a single document: [{Key:_id Value:ObjectID("5e8216f74f41a13f01061d61")} {Key:name Value:Ash} {Key:age Value:10} {Key:city Value:Pallet Town}]

Answer 1

You are passing in the address of the struct you want to decode into as an interface. You have to pass that as the argument to decode, not the address of the interface. Try:
err := collection.FindOne(context.TODO(), bson.M{}).Decode(result)