Mongoose: Set subdocument field value based on parent field value on save

Question

This is almost certainly covered elsewhere, but:

If I have a single schema with an embedded sub-document, like so:

var ChildSchema = new Schema ({
name : {
        type: String, 
        trim: true
},
user :{
    type: String, 
    trim: true
}
})

var ParentSchema = new Schema ({
name : {
     type: String,
     trim: true
},
child : [ChildSchema]
})

How would I save the name of the ParentSchema to ParentSchema.name and to ChildSchema.name in the same .save() action? The following does not work at all.

ChildSchema.pre('save', function(next){
this.name = ParentSchema.name;
next();
});

Also have a look at the [Mongoose Sub Docs](http://mongoosejs.com/docs/subdocs.html) examples. — Justin Case, Jul 23 '14 at 01:34
Edited to show that the child schema is called and created within the parent schema. Still looking for an answer. — pretentiousgit, Jul 23 '14 at 18:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '14 at 18:21

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You can do that by moving the middleware to ParentSchema which has access to itself and its children:

ParentSchema.pre('save', function(next){
    var parent = this;
    this.child.forEach(function(child) {
        child.name = parent.name;
    });
    next();
});

answered Jul 23 '14 at 18:21

JohnnyHK

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`this` is `undefined` for me: `TypeError: Cannot read property 'forEach' of undefined` – asedsami Mar 05 '16 at 10:20

Mongoose: Set subdocument field value based on parent field value on save

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