Get the updated document in MongoDB

Question

I need to get the _id (the Mongo ObjectID) of updated document. For this I want to get the updated document. How can I get it?

I tried this:

...
collection.update(oldData, newData, function(err, doc) {
    console.log(docs); // This prints "1" in console. So, it's not a document.
    if (err) { return callback(err); }
    callback(null, doc);
});
...

Can I get it without finding a document by newData/oldData?

Answer 1

Instead of using .update(), I think you want to use .findAndModify().

An update can update multiple documents, and the second argument of its callback is the number of updated documents (in your case, 1).

With findAndModify, you can update exactly one document (read the documentation on exactly how it differs from update), and the updated document will be passed to the callback function.