I am trying to update the like count of job posts in my application using the $inc
operator and the findByIdAndUpdate
method from Mongoose. The correct document is being retrieved and returned but the like count for the job post never moves up from 0 and no updates are performed in the database collection.
Below is the code I am currently using to perform the update.
Jobs.findByIdAndUpdate(req.params._id , { $inc: {likes: 1}} , {new: true})
.then((ret) => {
res.send(ret)
})
Job schema
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
let JobSchema = mongoose.Schema({
student_name: {
type: String,
required: true
},
subject: {
type: String,
required: true
},
grade: {
type: Number,
required: true
},
area: {
type: String,
required: true
},
desc: {
type: String,
required: true
},
accepted: {
type: Boolean,
required: true,
default: false
},
tutor_name: {
type: String,
required: false
},
} , {collection: 'jobs'});
let Job = mongoose.model('Job' , JobSchema);
module.exports = Job;
Any insight into what is preventing the update from performing would be greatly appreciated
I have tried using two queries, one to retrieve the current likes of a post and another to manually update the doc with the incremented value. I have tried nesting the queries using .then()
statements and have also tried the updateOne()
and findOneAndUpdate()
methods as alternatives. I have tried experimenting with the $set
and $inc
operators in my queries to see if either of them perform the changes, but neither do.
I am expecting the incremented ‘likes’ value to be reflected in the database and for the updated job document to be returned and echoed back to the console.
2
Answers
Can you try something like this (adding [] around update):
EDITED:
Your schema is missing a
likes
field, which means Mongoose will remove it from queries/updates (since it doesn’t match the schema). Make sure to add it: