mongoose get nested object by id code example

Example 1: mongoose find get nested prop only

ListModel.findOne({
	"_id" : "57e6bcab6b383120f0395aed", 'recipients.status' : 1
  },
  {
  	_id:1, name: 1, subject:1,'recipients.$': 1
   },
   function(err,list) {...}
);

Example 2: mongoose nested object without id

var subSchema = mongoose.Schema({
    //your subschema content
},{ _id : false });