Update a document and upsert a subdocument in a single query - mongodb

Question

How do I update an item in the parent document and upsert a subdocument in a single query?
This is my example schema.
const ExampleSchema = new Schema({
user_count: {
type: String,
default: 0
},
users: [
{
id: {
type: Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "users",
unique: true
},
action: {
type: Boolean
}
}
],
});
I am trying to add +1 to user_count and upsert a document to the users array in a single query.
const result = await Example.updateOne(
{
_id: id,
},
{
$set: {
"user_count": user_count++,
"users.$.id": req.user.id,
"users.$.action": true
}
},
{ upsert: true }
);
I have tried the above code, but got the following error.
[0] 'The positional operator did not find the match needed from the query.',
[0] [Symbol(mongoErrorContextSymbol)]: {} }

Answer 1

I'm not familiar with mongoose, so I will take for granted that "user_count": user_count++ works.
For the rest, there are two things that won't work:
the $ operator in "users.$.id": req.user.id, is known as the positional operator, and that's not what you want, it's used to update a specific element in an array. Further reading here: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/operator/update/positional/
the upsert is about inserting a full document if the update does not match anything in the collection. In your case you just want to push an element in the array right?
In this case I guess something like this might work:
const result = await Example.updateOne(
{
_id: id,
},
{
$set: {
"user_count": user_count++
},
$addToSet: {
"users": {
"id": req.user.id,
"action": true
}
}
}
);
Please note that $push might also do the trick instead of $addToSet. But $addToSet takes care of keeping stuff unique in your array.

Answer 2

db.collection.findOneAndUpdate({_id: id}, {$set: {"user_count": user_count++},$addToSet: {"users": {"id": req.user.id,"action": true}}}, {returnOriginal:false}, (err, doc) => {
if (err) {
console.log("Something wrong when updating data!");
}
console.log(doc);
});