Argument passed in must be a string of 24 hex characters - I think it is

Question

I have a method to find a document in my database based on its ObjectID:

      console.log(\'id: \' + id + \' type: \' + typeof id);
      collection.findOne         


        

Answer 1

Yeah, I just spent thirty minutes baffled by this. If anyone finds themselves here, first check if you even need to convert to ObjectID in the first place. Like OP, I forgot that the hexstring is logged as just that - a hexstring.