Querying a MongoDB based on Mongo ID in a node.js app

Question

I\'m using a node.js and mongodb, and I\'m trying to query the database based on the mongo generated ID using the following:

    collection.findOne( {_id:doc         


        

Answer 1

Following is the example which spots the issue:

var mongo = require('mongodb'),
    Server = mongo.Server,
    Db = mongo.Db,
    ObjectID = require('mongodb').ObjectID;
var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient

//let id = your _id, smth like '6dg27sh2sdhsdhs72hsdfs2sfs'...
var obj_id = new ObjectID('52cbd028e9f43a090ca0c1af');
var justId = '52cbd028e9f43a090ca0c1af'; // <== This will not work

MongoClient.connect('mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/YourDbName', function(err, db) {
    console.log('err'  +  err);
    db.collection('YourCollectionName', function(error, collection) {
        //collection.find({_id:justId}),function(err, docs) { // <== This will not work
        collection.findOne({_id:obj_id},function(err, docs) {
          console.log("Printing docs from Array. count " + JSON.stringify(docs)); 
        });
  });
});