How to Check current user's vote before votes are grouped and sumed in same aggregate function - mongodb

Question

var PostSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
item: {
type: mongoose.Schema.ObjectId,
ref: 'item',
required: true
},
user: {
type: mongoose.Schema.ObjectId,
ref: 'User',
required: true
},
vote: {
type: Number,
default: 0
},
total: {
type: Number,
default: 0
},
awsPostKey: {type: String},
picture: {type: String, required: true}
});
var data = function(){
return Post
.find({})
.then(function(post){
return post;
})
};
var userId = //mongo objectId for current user
//postVote schema:
var PostVoteSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
post: {
type: mongoose.Schema.ObjectId,
ref: 'Post',
required: true
},
user: {
type: mongoose.Schema.ObjectId,
ref: 'User',
required: true
},
vote: {
type: Number,
default: 0
}
});
//pass data from Post query to PostVote sum function:
PostVoteSchema.statics.sum = function (data, userId) {
var postIds = data.map(function (a) {
return a._id;
});
return PostVote
.aggregate(
[
{ $match: { 'post': {$in: postIds}}},
{ $group: { _id:'$post' ,vote:{$sum:'$vote'}}}
])
.execAsync()
.then(function(votes){
return votes;
//desired output to client, _id is for specific post
{_id: 5802ea4bc00cb0beca1972cc, vote: 3, currentUserVote: -1}
});
};
I'm successfully able to get the total sum of all votes with the same postId.
Now, I"m wanting to see if the current user (userId) has placed a vote for the given post as well, then to return how they voted (+1 or -1) along with the sum of all votes for the specific post.
Is it possible to do this, or will I have to do this outside of my aggregate pipeline -- within a second query? It just seems potentially taxing to have to query the collection again.

Answer 1

Yes, that's possible. Within the $group pipeline, you can use the $cond operator as the logic for feeding the $sum accumulator operator. For example:
return PostVote.aggregate([
{ "$match": { "post": { "$in": postIds } } },
{
"$group": {
"_id": "$post",
"votes": { "$sum": "$vote" },
"userVotes": {
"$sum": {
"$cond": [
{ "$eq": ["$user", userId] },
"$vote",
0
]
}
}
}
}
]).execAsync().then(function(votes){
return votes;
});