Syntax error How to search in array of object in MongoDB?

How to search in array of object in MongoDB?

To search the array of object in MongoDB, you can use $elemMatch operator. This operator allows us to search for more than one component from an array object.

To understand the above concept, let us create a collection with the document. The query to create a collection with a document is as follows ?

> db.searchArrayDemo.insertOne({"EmployeeFirstName":"Adam","EmployeeLastName":"Smith","EmployeeDateOfBirth":new ISODate("1992-01-31 13:45:10"),
   ... "EmployeeSkills":["Spring and Hibernate Framework","Machine Learning"],
   ... "EmployeeDetails":[
      ... {
         ... "EmployeePerformanceArea":"Java",
         ... "Year":2001
      ... },
      ... {
      ... "EmployeePerformanceArea":"Python",
         ... "Year":2005
      ... }
   ... ]
... }
... );
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c77b3812386c62d05142a6a")
}
> db.searchArrayDemo.insertOne({"EmployeeFirstName":"Carol","EmployeeLastName":"Taylor",
   "EmployeeDateOfBirth":new ISODate("1993-04-21 11:10:20"),
   "EmployeeSkills":["C++","Cloud Computing"], "EmployeeDetails":[ {
   "EmployeePerformanceArea":"C++", "Year":1998 }, { "EmployeePerformanceArea":"C++
   Game Developer", "Year":2007 } ] } );
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c77b58f2386c62d05142a6b")
}

Display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method. The query is as follows ?

> db.searchArrayDemo.find().pretty();

The following is the output ?

{
   "_id" : ObjectId("5c77b3812386c62d05142a6a"),
   "EmployeeFirstName" : "Adam",
   "EmployeeLastName" : "Smith",
   "EmployeeDateOfBirth" : ISODate("1992-01-31T13:45:10Z"),
   "EmployeeSkills" : [
      "Spring and Hibernate Framework",
      "Machine Learning"
   ],
   "EmployeeDetails" : [
      {
         "EmployeePerformanceArea" : "Java",
         "Year" : 2001
      },
      {
         "EmployeePerformanceArea" : "Python",
         "Year" : 2005
      }
   ]
}
{
   "_id" : ObjectId("5c77b58f2386c62d05142a6b"),
   "EmployeeFirstName" : "Carol",
   "EmployeeLastName" : "Taylor",
   "EmployeeDateOfBirth" : ISODate("1993-04-21T11:10:20Z"),
   "EmployeeSkills" : [
      "C++",
      "Cloud Computing"
   ],
   "EmployeeDetails" : [
      {
         "EmployeePerformanceArea" : "C++",
         "Year" : 1998
      },
      {
         "EmployeePerformanceArea" : "C++ Game Developer",
         "Year" : 2007
      }
   ]
}

Here is the query to search in an array of objects in MongoDB.

Case 1

When the given element is found.

The query is as follows ?

> db.searchArrayDemo.find({EmployeeDetails:{$elemMatch:{EmployeePerformanceArea : "C++", Year : 1998}}}).pretty();

The following is the output ?

{
   "_id" : ObjectId("5c77b58f2386c62d05142a6b"),
   "EmployeeFirstName" : "Carol",
   "EmployeeLastName" : "Taylor",
   "EmployeeDateOfBirth" : ISODate("1993-04-21T11:10:20Z"),
   "EmployeeSkills" : [
      "C++",
      "Cloud Computing"
   ],
   "EmployeeDetails" : [
      {
         "EmployeePerformanceArea" : "C++",
         "Year" : 1998
      },
      {
         "EmployeePerformanceArea" : "C++ Game Developer",
         "Year" : 2007
      }
   ]
}

Case 2

When the given element is not found.

The query is as follows ?

> db.searchArrayDemo.find({EmployeeDetails:{$elemMatch:{EmployeePerformanceArea : "C", Year : 1996}}}).pretty();

Here you will not get anything when the given element is not found

Updated on: 2023-09-10T07:55:51+05:30

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