How to insert array to mongodb using node.js - angularjs

Question

I have an array like [ 570dec75cf30bf4c09679deb, 56fe44836ce2226431f5388f ]. Now I want insert this for new collection named notifications like
{
"_id": ObjectId("57bd39c9734ff3602a312b33"),
"userId": ObjectId("570dec75cf30bf4c09679deb")
}
and
{
"_id": ObjectId("57bd39c8734ff3602a312b32"),
"userId": ObjectId("56fe44836ce2226431f5388f ")
}
I have written a query in node.js to insert this but it inserting last element of array two times like this
{
"_id": ObjectId("57bd39c9734ff3602a312b33"),
"userId": ObjectId("56fe44836ce2226431f5388f ")
}
and
{
"_id": ObjectId("57bd39c8734ff3602a312b32"),
"userId": ObjectId("56fe44836ce2226431f5388f ")
}
The query I have written like this
app.js
router.post('/creatList', function(req,res){
console.log(req.body.email);
var emails = req.body.email;
if(req.body.wData.wishListType == 'Shared'){
var findUsers = function(db, callback) {
var cursor;
cursor = db.collection('users').find({email: { $in: emails }})
cursor.toArray(function(err, docs){
if(err){
callback(new Error("Some problem"));
} else {
callback(null,docs);
}
});
};
MongoClient.connect(config.database, function(err, db) {
assert.equal(null, err);
findUsers(db, function(err,docs) {
db.close();
console.log(docs);
for(var key in docs){
console.log(key);
var ids = docs[key]._id;
console.log(ids);
var insertDocument = function(db, callback) {
db.collection('notifications').insert({
"userId" : ids,
},function(err, result) {
assert.equal(err, null);
console.log("Inserted a document into the notifications collection.");
callback();
});
};
MongoClient.connect(config.database, function(err, db) {
assert.equal(null, err);
insertDocument(db, function() {
db.close();
});
});
}
});
});
});

Answer 1

You basically need to remap your results from you users.find() so that they will match your schema for your notifications collection. This should work:
var docsToInsert = docs.map(function (doc) {
// this assumes your users collection has an _id that you actually want to use as the reference for you notifications.userId field
// actually, you probably want "return {"userId": ObjectID(doc._id)};" since you are using the native mongodb api
return { "userId": doc._id };
});
So, simplifying what you have for the rest a bit, it would be:
router.post('/creatList', function (req, res) {
console.log(req.body.email);
var emails = req.body.email;
if (req.body.wData.wishListType == 'Shared') {
var findUsers = function (db, callback) {
var cursor;
cursor = db.collection('users').find({ email: { $in: emails } });
cursor.toArray(function (err, docs) {
if (err) {
callback(new Error("Some problem"));
} else {
callback(null, docs);
}
});
};
MongoClient.connect(config.database, function (err, db) {
assert.equal(null, err);
findUsers(db, function (err, docs) {
db.close();
console.log(docs);
var docsToInsert = docs.map(function (doc) {
// this assumes your users collection has an _id that you actually want to use as the reference for you notifications.userId field
// actually, you probably want "return {"userId": ObjectID(doc._id)};" since you are using the native mongodb api
return { "userId": doc._id };
});
MongoClient.connect(config.database, function (err, db) {
assert.equal(null, err);
db.collection("notifications").insert(docsToInsert, function (err, result) {
if (err) {
// handle the err however you like
throw err;
}
db.close();
});
});
});
});
}
});