mongoose findOneAndUpdate with $push

Question

I have some complex object model looks like this :

courses: [
  {
     "name": "Linux",
     "slug": "linux",
     "_id": "123213123123",
     "sections": [
         {
            "name" : "section1",
            "_id": "123123123",
            "lessons": [
                {
                   "title": "lesson1"
                   "content": "some content"
                 }
             ]
          },
 {
            "name" : "section2",
            "_id": "1231231444",
            "lessons": [
                {
                   "title": "lesson1"
                   "content": "some content"
                 }
             ]
          }
      ]
  }
]

I'm trying to push to specific section lessons with $push without success,

My code:

  const updatedCourse = await Course.findOneAndUpdate(
    { slug: courseSlug },
    {
      $push: {
        'sections.lessons': { title, content, free_preview, video: videoKey },
      },
    },
    { new: true, useFindAndModify: false }
  );

Need help with mongoose expression to find section by id and push to lessons array, thanks .

Does this answer your question? [Mongodb $push in nested array](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27874469/mongodb-push-in-nested-array) — turivishal, Jul 17 '21 at 05:39
Do you want to push this lesson in every section? can you share the expected output? — HandsomeCoder, Jul 17 '21 at 10:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 17 '21 at 12:33

Following code can help you , I have tried at my local, it is working fine

 const updatedCourse = await Course.findOneAndUpdate((
    { slug: courseSlug },
    {
      $push: {
        'sections.$[el].lessons': { title, content , free_preview , video  },
      },
    },
    { 
      arrayFilters:[{
          "el._id":"1231231444"
        }]
    }
  )

After running above query the output is as below, the sections with _id having 1231231444 have a new lesson

{
    "name": "Linux",
    "slug": "linux",
    "sections": [{
        "name": "section1",
        "_id": "123123123",
        "lessons": [{
            "title": "lesson1",
            "content": "some content"
        }]
    }, {
        "name": "section2",
        "_id": "1231231444",
        "lessons": [{
            "title": "lesson1",
            "content": "some content"
        }, {
            "title": "title",
            "content": "content",
            "free_preview": false,
            "video": "123"
        }]
    }]
}

If find it useful to you, you can upvote the answer. Thanks! — Arvind Pal, Jul 17 '21 at 15:59

mongoose findOneAndUpdate with $push

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