MongoDB nested lookup with 3 levels

Question

I need to retrieve the entire single object hierarchy from the database as a JSON. Actually the proposal about any other solution to achive this result would be highly appri

Answer 1

With the mongodb 3.6 and above $lookup syntax it is quite simple to join nested fields without using $unwind.

db.party.aggregate([
  { "$lookup": {
    "from": "address",
    "let": { "partyId": "$_id" },
    "pipeline": [
      { "$match": { "$expr": { "$eq": ["$party_id", "$$partyId"] }}},
      { "$lookup": {
        "from": "addressComment",
        "let": { "addressId": "$_id" },
        "pipeline": [
          { "$match": { "$expr": { "$eq": ["$address_id", "$$addressId"] }}}
        ],
        "as": "address"
      }}
    ],
    "as": "address"
  }},
  { "$unwind": "$address" }
])