how to make a form inserting nested mongoose model data code example
Example 1: mongoose nested object without id
var subSchema = mongoose.Schema({
//your subschema content
},{ _id : false });
Example 2: how to delete popultate subdocument mongoose
Surf
.find({user_id: {$in: userIds}})
.populate('user_id', 'name boards') // added boards
.populate('friends', 'name')
// .populate('board_id', 'name size') // can't do this as discussed
.exec(function (err, surfs) {
if (err) {
return handleError(res, err);
}
surfs.forEach(function (surf) {
surf.set('boardInfo', surf.user_id.boards.id(surf.board_id), {strict: false});
});
// TODO: now remove the surf.user_id.boards.
return res.json(200, surfs);
});