When I do the .find operation like the following:
Collection.find({name: 'Erik'}, function (err, docs) {
// do momething
});
'docs' variable is populated with an array of fully functional mongoose documents. But I need to get an array of pure JSON objects.
I know I can loop through the 'docs' array by forEach and get an objects by using .toJSON() method. Does mongoose support the feature, I'm interested?
If you're using Mongoose 3.x you can use the lean query option to do this:
Collection.find({name: 'Erik'}).lean().exec(function (err, docs) {
// docs are plain javascript objects instead of model instances
});
lean is not the same as toJSON as it returns a raw dump from Mongo (meaning no virtuals are included). See this for more info
.exec(function(err, docs){
docs= docs.map(o => o.toObject());
This will include virtuals and getters
Map through results and convert each to JS object:
const result = await model.find({some: 'query'});
return result.map((r) => r.toObject());
