what happens when localField is not found during lookup on arrafield in mongodb code example
Example 1: mongodb aggregate lookup array of objects
db.getCollection('widgets').aggregate([
{ $unwind: '$info' },
{
$lookup: {
from: 'icons',
localField: 'info.iconId',
foreignField: '_id',
as: 'info.icon'
}
},
{ $unwind: '$info.icon' },
{
$group: {
_id: '$_id',
root: { $mergeObjects: '$$ROOT' },
info: { $push: '$info' }
}
},
{
$replaceRoot: {
newRoot: {
$mergeObjects: ['$root', '$$ROOT']
}
}
},
{
$project: {
root: 0
}
}
]);
Example 2: lookup in mongodb array
> db.demo396.aggregate([
... { "$lookup": {
... "from": "demo395",
... "let": { "details": "$details" },
... "pipeline": [
... { "$match": { "$expr": { "$in": [ "$_id", "$$details" ] } } }
... ],
... "as": "output"
... }}
... ])