Mongodb $lookup Not working with _id

Question

wend try with this query, return the lookup is empty

db.getCollection(\'tests\').aggregate([
    {$match: {typet:\'Req\'}},
    {$project: {incharge:1}},
            


        

Answer 1

Comparing a string with an ObjectId doesn't throw an error, rather sends an empty array in the aggregated output document. So you need to make sure that you have converted the string object id to mongodb's ObjectId:

db.getCollection('tests').aggregate([
    {$match: {typet:'Req'}},
    {$set: {incharge: {$toObjectId: "$incharge"} }}, // keep the whole document structure, but replace `incharge` into ObjectId
    {$lookup:{
            from: "users",
            localField: "incharge", //this is the _id user from tests
            foreignField: "_id", //this is the _id from users
            as: "user"
    }}
])