How to retrieve []bson.M type of map - mongodb

Question

How to retrieve multidimensional []bson.M type of map
The data in mongo is like
"taskData" : {
"createdOn" : ISODate("2016-02-20T21:23:11.903Z"),
"Task_content" : "#bob",
"Priority" : "2",
"owner_Uname" : "alice"
}
The code through which i tried to access it
var n []bson.M
e := collection.Find(bson.M{"users."+strconv.Itoa(j)+".user_name" : r.FormValue("value[userName]")}).Select(bson.M{"taskData.owner_Uname":1,"_id":0}).All(&n)
if e != nil {
fmt.Println("Error : ",e)
}else{
fmt.Println(n[0]["taskData"])
}
getting output like this
map[owner_Uname:alice]
I need to access this resultant string with another query.
It is a interface i tried to convert it to simple map
newMap :=n[0]["taskData"].(map[string]interface{})but it gives me an runtime error interface conversion: interface {} is bson.M, not map[string]interface {}
result := rawData{}
err := collection.Find(bson.M{"user_name":n[0]["taskData"]["owner_Uname"]}).All(&result)
Now I want to use it in above query ...
Kindly help me out. Thanks in advance
Edit :-
The data in mongo is like
{
"_id" : ObjectId("56bf128f5a9a6a0ebfdd5075"),
"deadLine" : {
"Start_time" : ISODate("2016-05-24T00:00:00Z"),
"End_time" : ISODate("2016-05-29T00:00:00Z")
},
},
"taskData" : {
"createdOn" : ISODate("2016-02-20T21:23:11.903Z"),
"Task_content" : "#bob",
"Priority" : "2",
"owner_Uname" : "alice"
},
"group" : {
"1" : {
"grp_name" : "grp"
},
"2" : {
"grp_name" : "secondGrp"
}
}
That will work me too if it is done with nested struct or map in struct

Answer 1

I'll provide you with a general example to help you understand, since SO is not a free coding service, but a platform where peers help each other to take a grasp on the problem.
My approach is not to use bson.M at all for the returned value.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
"gopkg.in/mgo.v2"
"gopkg.in/mgo.v2/bson"
)
type Baz struct {
Date time.Time
Value int
}
type Bar struct {
Name string
Baz []Baz
}
type Foo struct {
Owner string
hidden int
Bar Bar
}
const (
ds = "localhost:27017"
db = "test"
coll = "nestdemo"
)
func main() {
o := Foo{
Owner: "me",
hidden: 1,
Bar: Bar{
Name: "funky",
Baz: []Baz{
Baz{Date: time.Now(), Value: 42},
},
},
}
// CHECK ERRORS in production environments
conn, _ := mgo.Dial(ds)
defer conn.Close()
c := conn.DB(db).C(coll)
c.Insert(o)
l := &Foo{}
c.Find(bson.M{"owner": "me"}).One(l)
fmt.Printf("Loaded data: %+v\n", l)
fmt.Printf(
"You got your answer to life, the universe and all the rest at %s: %d\n",
l.Bar.Baz[0].Date.Format(time.Kitchen), l.Bar.Baz[0].Value,
)
}
You can run this program on you local machine (with the constants adjusted as needed), which should give you an output looking like this:
$ go run main.go
Loaded data: &{Owner:me hidden:0 Bar:{Name:funky Baz:[{Date:2016-02-24 09:00:06.471 +0100 CET Value:42}]}}
You got your answer to life, the universe and all the rest at 9:00AM: 42
The entry in the according collection should read something like this:
{
"_id" : ObjectId("56cd6306538ba56563bdab76"),
"owner" : "me",
"bar" : {
"name" : "funky",
"baz" : [
{
"date" : ISODate("2016-02-24T08:00:06.471Z"),
"value" : 42
}
]
}
}
A few things are to note here.
I didn't need a single character in my struct definitions to have the structs marshaled to and marshaled from BSON. It was done automagically by mgo according to the rules described in the docs. However, you can customize the behavior of the (un-)marshaling, as described there.
Unexported fields (hidden in this example) take their zero value upon unmarshalling – keep that in mind, it can bite you in the neck.
There is no need to use bson.M to handle your data, which makes life a lot easier – no manual type conversions, for example.
In summary: All you need to do is to create a struct your data can be unmarhaled into. Then you can access the various fields as usual, without string fiddling and alike. That's bit of work, but a rather trivial one, as you can see.
Note: The data model you have shown is both syntactically and conceptually incorrect. Setting aside the former for now: It is a very bad practice to have values as keys, as shown in the group subdoc. This will always force you to deal with string parsing back and forth, making your life with MongoDB as complicated as it can get as a developer.
My above suggestion assumes you will correct that into something like:
{
…
groups:[
{grp_id: 1, grp_name: "grp"},
{grp_id: 2, grp_name: "secondGrp"}
]
…
}