Can't Store Nested JSON Array to MongoDB Using Mongoose - arrays

Question

I have JSON on Postman like this:
{
"hostname": [
{
"item": [
{
"system": "10l313",
"severity": "2"
},
{
"system": "2131414",
"severity": "3"
}
]
},
{
"item": [
{
"system": "4234235",
"severity": "4"
}
]
}
]
}
I want to create new collections in mongodb from json above. It's just a little picture of the actual json array, the above json array can contain an enormous array. I am confused how to save as many json arrays using mongoose, do i have to loop as much as array length or is there other easier way?
mongoose schema:
var ItemSchema = new Schema({
_id: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
system: {
type: String
},
severity: {
type: Number
}
})
var VulnSchema = new Schema({
hostname: [{
item: [{ItemSchema}]
}]
});
controller:
exports.create_vulnerabilities = function (req, res) {
var vuln = new Vuln ({
_idFIle: mongoose.Types.ObjectId(),
hostname: req.body.hostname
});
vuln.save()
.then(result => {
res.status(201).json({
result
});
})
.catch(err => {
console.log(err);
res.status(500).json({
error: err
});
});
};
I have tried running my code but the result is like this. The problem is system and severity attribute are not stored in mongodb.
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5b4c39a301651a0fc047bec7"),
"hostname" : [
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5b4c39a301651a0fc047beca"),
"item" : [
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5b4c39a301651a0fc047becc")
},
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5b4c39a301651a0fc047becb")
}
]
},
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5b4c39a301651a0fc047bec8"),
"item" : [
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5b4c39a301651a0fc047bec9")
}
]
}
],
"__v" : 0
}
Please help me. thank you

Answer 1

Change
var VulnSchema = new Schema({
hostname: [{
item: [{ItemSchema}]
}]
});
to
var VulnSchema = new Schema({
hostname: [{
item: [ItemSchema]
}]
});
Example try running this:
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/test');
const Schema = mongoose.Schema,ObjectId = Schema.ObjectId;
var ItemSchema = new Schema({
_id: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
system: {
type: String
},
severity: {
type: Number
}
})
var VulnSchema = new Schema({
hostname: [{
item: [ItemSchema]
}]
});
const Vuln = mongoose.model('Vuln', VulnSchema);
var hostname = [
{
"item": [
{
"system": "10l313",
"severity": "2"
},
{
"system": "2131414",
"severity": "3"
}
]
},
{
"item": [
{
"system": "4234235",
"severity": "4"
}
]
}
]
var vuln = new Vuln ({
_idFIle: mongoose.Types.ObjectId(),
hostname: hostname
});
vuln.save()
.then(result => {
console.log(JSON.stringify(result))
})
.catch(err => {
console.log(err);}
);