How to define object in array in Mongoose schema correctly with 2d geo index

Question

I'm currently having problems in creating a schema for the document below. The response from the server always returns the "trk" field values as [Object]. Somehow I have no idea how this should work, as I tried at least all approaches which made sense to me ;-)

If this helps, my Mongoose version is 3.6.20 and MongoDB 2.4.7 And before I forget, it would be nice to also set it as Index (2d)

Original data:

{
    "_id": ObjectId("51ec4ac3eb7f7c701b000000"),
    "gpx": {
        "metadata": {
            "desc": "Nürburgring VLN-Variante",
            "country": "de",
            "isActive": true
        },
    "trk": [
    {
        "lat": 50.3299594,
        "lng": 6.9393006
    },
    {
        "lat": 50.3295046,
        "lng": 6.9390688
    },
    {
        "lat": 50.3293714,
        "lng": 6.9389939
    },
    {
        "lat": 50.3293284,
        "lng": 6.9389634
    }]
    }
}

Mongoose Schema:

var TrackSchema = Schema({
            _id: Schema.ObjectId,
            gpx: {
                metadata: {
                    desc: String,
                    country: String,
                    isActive: Boolean
                },
                trk: [{lat:Number, lng:Number}]
            }
        }, { collection: "tracks" });

The response from the Network tab in Chrome always looks like this (that's only the trk-part which is wrong) :

{ trk: 
      [ [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],
        [Object],

I already tried different Schema definitions for "trk":

1. trk: Schema.Types.Mixed
2. trk: [Schema.Types.Mixed]
3. trk:[ { type:[Number], index: "2d" }]

Hope you can help me ;-)

Answer 1

You can declare trk by the following ways : - either

trk : [{
    lat : String,
    lng : String
     }]

or

trk : { type : Array , "default" : [] }

In the second case during insertion make the object and push it into the array like

db.update({'Searching criteria goes here'},
{
 $push : {
    trk :  {
             "lat": 50.3293714,
             "lng": 6.9389939
           } //inserted data is the object to be inserted 
  }
});

or you can set the Array of object by

db.update ({'seraching criteria goes here ' },
{
 $set : {
          trk : [ {
                     "lat": 50.3293714,
                     "lng": 6.9389939
                  },
                  {
                     "lat": 50.3293284,
                     "lng": 6.9389634
                  }
               ]//'inserted Array containing the list of object'
      }
});

Answer 2

I had a similar issue with mongoose :

fields: 
    [ '[object Object]',
     '[object Object]',
     '[object Object]',
     '[object Object]' ] }

In fact, I was using "type" as a property name in my schema :

fields: [
    {
      name: String,
      type: {
        type: String
      },
      registrationEnabled: Boolean,
      checkinEnabled: Boolean
    }
  ]

To avoid that behavior, you have to change the parameter to :

fields: [
    {
      name: String,
      type: {
        type: { type: String }
      },
      registrationEnabled: Boolean,
      checkinEnabled: Boolean
    }
  ]

Answer 3

For making an array in schema we have to make one more schema as monetizationSchema which is used to store one data at a time and another as blogSchema we have monetization field containing monetizationSchema in square brackets as an array.

Schema for storing one data at a time.

const monetizationSchema = new Schema({
      amazonUrl: {
        type: String,
        required: true,
      } 
    });

Schema with monetization as an array.

const blogSchema = {
  monetization: [
   monetizationSchema
  ],
  image: {
   type: String,
   required: true
  },
  // ... etc
});

Answer 4

The problem I need to solve is to store contracts containing a few fields (address, book, num_of_days, borrower_addr, blk_data), blk_data is a transaction list (block number and transaction address). This question and answer helped me. I would like to share my code as below. Hope this helps.

1. Schema definition. See blk_data.

var ContractSchema = new Schema(
    {
        address: {type: String, required: true, max: 100},  //contract address
        // book_id: {type: String, required: true, max: 100},  //book id in the book collection
        book: { type: Schema.ObjectId, ref: 'clc_books', required: true }, // Reference to the associated book.
        num_of_days: {type: Number, required: true, min: 1},
        borrower_addr: {type: String, required: true, max: 100},
        // status: {type: String, enum: ['available', 'Created', 'Locked', 'Inactive'], default:'Created'},

        blk_data: [{
            tx_addr: {type: String, max: 100}, // to do: change to a list
            block_number: {type: String, max: 100}, // to do: change to a list
        }]
    }
);

2. Create a record for the collection in the MongoDB. See blk_data.

// Post submit a smart contract proposal to borrowing a specific book.
exports.ctr_contract_propose_post = [

    // Validate fields
    body('book_id', 'book_id must not be empty.').isLength({ min: 1 }).trim(),
    body('req_addr', 'req_addr must not be empty.').isLength({ min: 1 }).trim(),
    body('new_contract_addr', 'contract_addr must not be empty.').isLength({ min: 1 }).trim(),
    body('tx_addr', 'tx_addr must not be empty.').isLength({ min: 1 }).trim(),
    body('block_number', 'block_number must not be empty.').isLength({ min: 1 }).trim(),
    body('num_of_days', 'num_of_days must not be empty.').isLength({ min: 1 }).trim(),

    // Sanitize fields.
    sanitizeBody('*').escape(),
    // Process request after validation and sanitization.
    (req, res, next) => {

        // Extract the validation errors from a request.
        const errors = validationResult(req);
        if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
            // There are errors. Render form again with sanitized values/error messages.
            res.status(400).send({ errors: errors.array() });
            return;
        }

        // Create a Book object with escaped/trimmed data and old id.
        var book_fields =
            {
                _id: req.body.book_id, // This is required, or a new ID will be assigned!
                cur_contract: req.body.new_contract_addr,
                status: 'await_approval'
            };

        async.parallel({
            //call the function get book model
            books: function(callback) {
                Book.findByIdAndUpdate(req.body.book_id, book_fields, {}).exec(callback);
            },
        }, function(error, results) {
            if (error) {
                res.status(400).send({ errors: errors.array() });
                return;
            }

            if (results.books.isNew) {
                // res.render('pg_error', {
                //     title: 'Proposing a smart contract to borrow the book',
                //     c: errors.array()
                // });
                res.status(400).send({ errors: errors.array() });
                return;
            }

            var contract = new Contract(
                {
                    address: req.body.new_contract_addr,
                    book: req.body.book_id,
                    num_of_days: req.body.num_of_days,
                    borrower_addr: req.body.req_addr

                });

            var blk_data = {
                    tx_addr: req.body.tx_addr,
                    block_number: req.body.block_number
                };
            contract.blk_data.push(blk_data);

            // Data from form is valid. Save book.
            contract.save(function (err) {
                if (err) { return next(err); }
                // Successful - redirect to new book record.
                resObj = {
                    "res": contract.url
                };
                res.status(200).send(JSON.stringify(resObj));
                // res.redirect();
            });

        });

    },
];

3. Update a record. See blk_data.

// Post lender accept borrow proposal.
exports.ctr_contract_propose_accept_post = [

    // Validate fields
    body('book_id', 'book_id must not be empty.').isLength({ min: 1 }).trim(),
    body('contract_id', 'book_id must not be empty.').isLength({ min: 1 }).trim(),
    body('tx_addr', 'tx_addr must not be empty.').isLength({ min: 1 }).trim(),
    body('block_number', 'block_number must not be empty.').isLength({ min: 1 }).trim(),

    // Sanitize fields.
    sanitizeBody('*').escape(),
    // Process request after validation and sanitization.
    (req, res, next) => {

        // Extract the validation errors from a request.
        const errors = validationResult(req);
        if (!errors.isEmpty()) {
            // There are errors. Render form again with sanitized values/error messages.
            res.status(400).send({ errors: errors.array() });
            return;
        }

        // Create a Book object with escaped/trimmed data
        var book_fields =
            {
                _id: req.body.book_id, // This is required, or a new ID will be assigned!
                status: 'on_loan'
            };

        // Create a contract object with escaped/trimmed data
        var contract_fields = {
            $push: {
                blk_data: {
                    tx_addr: req.body.tx_addr,
                    block_number: req.body.block_number
                }
            }
        };

        async.parallel({
            //call the function get book model
            book: function(callback) {
                Book.findByIdAndUpdate(req.body.book_id, book_fields, {}).exec(callback);
            },
            contract: function(callback) {
                Contract.findByIdAndUpdate(req.body.contract_id, contract_fields, {}).exec(callback);
            },
        }, function(error, results) {
            if (error) {
                res.status(400).send({ errors: errors.array() });
                return;
            }

            if ((results.book.isNew) || (results.contract.isNew)) {
                res.status(400).send({ errors: errors.array() });
                return;
            }

            var resObj = {
                "res": results.contract.url
            };
            res.status(200).send(JSON.stringify(resObj));
        });
    },
];

Answer 5

Thanks for the replies.

I tried the first approach, but nothing changed. Then, I tried to log the results. I just drilled down level by level, until I finally got to where the data was being displayed.

After a while I found the problem: When I was sending the response, I was converting it to a string via .toString().

I fixed that and now it works brilliantly. Sorry for the false alarm.

Answer 6

You can declare an array as below

trk : [{
    lat : String,
    lng : String
}]

but it will set [] (empty array) as the default value.

If you don't want this default value then to overwrite this default, you need to set the default value to undefined as below

trk: {
    type: [{
        lat : String,
        lng : String
    }],
    default: undefined
}