How to convert a string to ObjectId in nodejs mongodb native driver?

Question

I'm using mongodb native driver in a nodejs environment and I need to convert an id string to ObjectId to use it in my update query, how can I do this?

Answer 1

with ObjectId (nodejs driver doc)

When you have a string representing a BSON ObjectId (received from a web request for example), then you need to convert it to an ObjectId instance:

const {ObjectId} = require('mongodb'); // or ObjectID  // or var ObjectId = require('mongodb').ObjectId if node version < 6  const updateStuff = (id, doc) => {   // `ObjectId` can throw https://github.com/mongodb/js-bson/blob/0.5/lib/bson/objectid.js#L22-L51, it's better anyway to sanitize the string first   if (!ObjectId.isValid(s)) {     return Promise.reject(new TypeError(`Invalid id: ${id}`));   }   return collection.findOneAndUpdate(     {_id: ObjectId(id)},      {$set: doc},      {returnOriginal: false}   ); };