MongoDB Delete ObjectId Not Working With Format

Question

I'm trying to delete something but the current format below doesn't work.

It works when I input it manually and write "_id":ObjectId("Idhere"). It doesn't even work when I use JSON.stringify. It also works in postman.

Does someone see what I'm missing?

 router.delete('/wishlist', (req, res) => {
    const db = mongoUtil.getDb();
   
    db.db("mern-auth-2").collection("savedbooks").deleteOne({
         _id:ObjectId(req.body._id),
    }) 
 });

Since you are using Mongo with `express`, I suggest using the [mongoose](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mongoose) driver instead of the native MongoDB Node.js drive — Picoral, May 31 '21 at 02:08
You need to create an instance of the `ObjectId`. See [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/12901901/10893256) answer for reference. — Picoral, May 31 '21 at 02:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 31 '21 at 02:31

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change the code from :

db.db("mern-auth-2").collection("savedbooks").deleteOne({
     _id:ObjectId(req.body._id),
})

to :

db.db("mern-auth-2").collection("savedbooks").deleteOne({
     _id: req.body._id,
})

hope it would help

answered May 31 '21 at 02:31

Irwan

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 31 '21 at 09:45

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Try this Code

    db.db("mern-auth-2").collection("savedbooks").deleteOne({
         _id:req.body._id
    })

edited May 31 '21 at 09:45

Majid Hajibaba

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answered May 31 '21 at 02:45

Sumit Pathak

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Thank you, I tried this but it doesn't work – Elizabeth May 31 '21 at 23:57

MongoDB Delete ObjectId Not Working With Format

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