How to query nested data in mongoose model - mongodb

Question

I am attempting to build a Vue.js app with a MEVN stack backend and Vuex. I am configuring my Vuex action handler with a GET request that prompts a corresponding Express GET route to query data nested in Mongoose.
A username is passed into the handler as an argument and appended to the GET request URL as a parameter:
actions: {
loadPosts: async (context, username) => {
console.log(username)
let uri = `http://localhost:4000/posts/currentuser?username=${username}`;
const response = await axios.get(uri)
context.commit('setPosts', response.data)
}
}
The corresponding Express route queries activeUser.name, which represents the nested data in the Mongoose Model:
postRoutes.route('/currentuser').get(function (req, res) {
let params = {},
username = req.query.activeUser.name
if (username) {
params.username = username
}
Post.find(params, function(err, posts){
if(err){
res.json(err);
}
else {
res.json(posts);
}
});
});
Below is my Mongoose model, with activeUser.name representing the nested data queried by the Express route:
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
let Post = new Schema({
title: {
type: String
},
body: {
type: String,
},
activeUser: {
name: {
type: String
}
}
},{
collection: 'posts'
});
module.exports = mongoose.model('Post', Post);
Even with this setup, the GET route does not appear to send a response back to the action handler. I thought adding username = req.query.activeUser.name in the express route would be the right method for querying the nested data in Mongoose, but apparently not. Any recommendations on how to configure the above Express route in order to query the nested data in the Mongoose model? Thanks!

Answer 1

name is inside activeuser so you need to construct params object variable like this:
postRoutes.route("/currentuser").get(function(req, res) {
let params = {
activeUser: {}
};
let username = req.query.activeUserName;
if (username) {
params.activeUser.name = username;
}
Post.find(params, function(err, posts) {
if (err) {
res.json(err);
} else {
res.json(posts);
}
});
});
Note that I also used activeUserName as query param like this: /currentuser?activeUserName=JS_is_awesome18