How to query two collections with related data? - database

Question

I have 2 collections, collection A has some documents like {'id':1,'field':'name'},{'id':1,'field':'age'}，and collection B has some documents like
{'_id':1,'name':'alice','age':18,'phone':123},{'_id':2,'name':'bob','age':30,'phone':321}
and I want to find all the document whose '_id' is in collectionA, and just project the corresponding field.
for example:
collection A
{'id':1,'field':'name'},
{'id':1,'field':'age'}
collection B
{'_id':1,'name':'alice','age':18,'phone':123},
{'_id':2,'name':'bob','age':30,'phone':321}
the result is:
{'name':'alice','age':18},
I don't know if there is an easy way to do that？

Answer 1

You can use $lookup to join two collection
db.col1.aggregate([
{
$match: {
id: 1
}
},
{
"$lookup": {
"from": "col2",
"localField": "id",
"foreignField": "_id",
"as": "listNames"
}
},
{
$project: {
listNames: {
$first: "$listNames"
}
}
},
{
$project: {
_id: 0,
name: "$listNames.name",
age: "$listNames.age"
}
}
])
Mongo Playground: https://mongoplayground.net/p/E-0WvK_SUS_

Answer 2

So the idea is:
Convert the documents in to key, value pair for both the collections using $objectToArray.
Then perform a join operation based on key k and (id <-> _id) using $lookup.
Replace the result as root element using $replaceRoot.
Convert array to object using $arrayToObject and again $replaceRoot.
Query:
db.colB.aggregate([
{
$project: {
temp: { $objectToArray: "$$ROOT" }
}
},
{
$lookup: {
from: "colA",
let: { temp: "$temp", colB_id: "$_id" },
pipeline: [
{
$addFields: {
temp: { k: "$field", v: "$id" }
}
},
{
$match: {
$expr: {
$and: [
{ $in: ["$temp.k", "$$temp.k"] },
{ $eq: ["$temp.v", "$$colB_id"] }
]
}
}
},
{
$replaceRoot: {
newRoot: {
$first: {
$filter: {
input: "$$temp",
as: "item",
cond: { $eq: ["$field", "$$item.k"] }
}
}
}
}
}
],
as: "array"
}
},
{
$replaceRoot: {
newRoot: { $arrayToObject: "$array" }
}
}
]);
Output:
{
"name" : "alice",
"age" : 18
}