mongodb insert a new field into an array

Question

I am trying to insert a new field to an array of objects

{
    "_id": "543356fe0c9af6066e68970c",
    "createdDate": "2014-10-06 07:59 pm",
    "cancle": false,
    "eventDate": "2014/12/12",
    "eventstatus": true,
    "location": "chennai",
    "userId": "54310801e2659ecc3650100b",
    "createdBy": "one",
    "eventName": "tea ",
    "__v": 0,
    "friends": [
        {
            "userId": "54310814e2659ecc3650100c",
            "userName": "two",
            "phoneNumber": "22222222"
        },
        {
            "userId": "54310945e2659ecc3650100d",
            "userName": "three",
            "phoneNumber": "33333333"
        },
        {
            "userId": "54334def7e85de48638d1069",
            "userName": "four",
            "phoneNumber": "44444444"
        }
    ]
}

I want to add "status" : 0 to all the objects inside friends array

I tried using addtoset, push and multiple ways, its adding as a new object in friends array.

db.events.update({},{$push:{ "friends" : {"status" : 0} }},false,true)
db.events.update({},{$addToSet : {'friends' : $each: [{ 'status':0}]}},false,true)

Please let me know what i am doing wrong. Thanks for your help

Answer 1

You can use this to update the arrays

db.events.find().forEach(function(e){
  var t=e.friends;
  t.forEach(function(e){
    e.status=0
  });
  db.events.update({_id:e._id},{$set:{friends:t}})
})

Run this in your mongo terminal.

Answer 2

Don't know about problem with the code but I have the right code for it

var cursor = db.events.find();
cursor.forEach(function(item)
{
    var friends = item.friends;
    friends.forEach(function(elem) 
    {
        elem['status'] = '....',
    })    
    db.events.update({_id: item._id}, item);    
});

It is working with mongo shell, but I don't know about javascript