Syntax error How to insert an item to an array that is inside an object in MongoDB?

How to insert an item to an array that is inside an object in MongoDB?



To insert an item to an already created array inside an object, use MongoDB $push. Let us create a collection with documents −

> db.demo449.insertOne(
... {
...    details1: {
...       details2: [{
...          _id:new ObjectId(),
...             Name:"Chris"
...       }],
...       details3: [{
...          _id:new ObjectId(),
...          Name:"David"
...       }]
...    }
... }
... );
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e7a40e971f552a0ebb0a6e3")
}

Display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method −

> db.demo449.find();

This will produce the following output −

{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e7a40e971f552a0ebb0a6e3"), "details1" : { "details2" : [ { "_id" :
ObjectId("5e7a40e971f552a0ebb0a6e1"), "Name" : "Chris" } ], "details3" : [ { "_id" :
ObjectId("5e7a40e971f552a0ebb0a6e2"), "Name" : "David" } ] } }

Following is the query to insert an item to an array that is inside an object −

> db.demo449.update({_id:ObjectId("5e7a40e971f552a0ebb0a6e3")}, {$push: {
'details1.details2':{_id:ObjectId(),"Name":"Carol"}}})
WriteResult({ "nMatched" : 1, "nUpserted" : 0, "nModified" : 1 }

Display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method −

> db.demo449.find();

This will produce the following output −

{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e7a40e971f552a0ebb0a6e3"), "details1" : { "details2" : [ { "_id" :
ObjectId("5e7a40e971f552a0ebb0a6e1"), "Name" : "Chris" }, { "_id" :
ObjectId("5e7a41a671f552a0ebb0a6e5"), "Name" : "Carol" } ], "details3" : [ { "_id" :
ObjectId("5e7a40e971f552a0ebb0a6e2"), "Name" : "David" } ] } }
Updated on: 2020-05-11T09:02:05+05:30

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