I'm using Node.js and MongoDB with my database hosted on MongoHQ (Now compose.io). I have a general understanding document IDs are converted to hex strings but I can't figure out how to retrieve a document using its ID.
My document has the ID _id: ObjectId("53f13064b5a39cc69f00011b") as in that's how it's displayed in Compose's interface. When I retrieve the document by brute force, the ID is shown as _id: 53f13064b5a39cc69f00011b.
What do I use in Node.js to retrieve this document? The query:
systemData.find({_id: "53f13064b5a39cc69f00011b"}).toArray(function(err, data) {//do stuff}
returns an empty set but so does querying with an object ID object
systemData.find({_id: new ObjectID("53f13064b5a39cc69f00011b")}).toArray(function(err, data) {//do stuff}
What am I missing?
You should be able to use:
systemData.find({_id: ObjectID("53f13064b5a39cc69f00011b")})
No need for the "new" on the beginning.
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