I’m trying to update a value inside my array of objects. Looking at the above mongoDB schema what I want is: Find an expense with the ID match with the _id and need to update the fields with new ones from the req.body. Just need to update the: expensesType, description, price and status.
The following code is what I tried to do. First I need to match the right expense and it works fine but when I try to house.save() show me a message ‘house.save is not a function’. So I think maybe I need to use a mongoDB function to get the result.
router.put("/editExpense/:id", ensureAuthenticated, (req, res) => {
var id = mongoose.Types.ObjectId(req.params.id);
House.updateOne(
{ "expensesHouse._id": id },
{
members: 1,
name: 1,
description: 1,
address: 1,
type: 1,
user: 1,
userID: 1,
userType: 1,
expensesHouse: { $elemMatch: { _id: id } },
date: 1
},
{ $set: { "expensesHouse.expenseType": req.body.expenseType } }
).then(house => {
req.flash("success_msg", "Expenses Updated");
res.redirect("/houses/dashboard");
});
});