Return certain fields with .populate() from Mongoose

Question

I\'m getting returned a JSON value from MongoDB after I run my query. The problem is I do not want to return all the JSON associated with my return, I tried searching the docs a

Answer 1

Try to do this:

applicantListToExport: function (query, callback) {
  this
   .find(query).select({'advtId': 0})
   .populate({
      path: 'influId',
      model: 'influencer',
      select: { '_id': 1,'user':1},
      populate: {
        path: 'userid',
        model: 'User'
      }
   })
 .populate('campaignId',{'campaignTitle':1})
 .exec(callback);
}