node.js mongodb select document by _id node-mongodb-native

Question

I\'m trying to select a document by id

I\'ve tried:

collection.update({ \"_id\": { \"$oid\": + theidID } }

collection.update({ \"_id\": theidID }

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Answer 1

var mongo = require('mongodb');
var o_id = new mongo.ObjectID(theidID);
collection.update({'_id': o_id});