Should this work? I am trying to remove a single subdocument (following) from a document (this) in the UserSchema model.
UserSchema.methods.unFollow = function( id ) {
var user = this
return Q.Promise( function ( resolve, reject, notify ) {
var unFollow = user.following.pull( { 'user': id } )
console.log( unFollow )
user.save( function ( error, result ) {
resolve( result )
})
})
}
These are the schemas:
var Follows = new mongoose.Schema({
user: String,
added: Number
})
var UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
username: {
type: String,
required: true,
unique: true
},
following: [ Follows ]
})
user-controller.js
/*
Unfollow user.
*/
exports.unFollow = function ( req, res ) {
User.findOne( { token: req.token }, function ( error, user ) {
user.unfollow( req.body.id )
.onResolve( function ( err, result ) {
if ( err || !result ) return res.status( 500 ).json( "User could not be unfollowed." )
return res.status( 200 ).json( "User unfollowed." )
})
})
}
user-model.js
/*
Unfollow a user.
*/
UserSchema.method( 'unfollow', function unfollow ( id ) {
this.following.pull( { user: id } )
return this.save()
})
You generally assign methods using the method function:
UserSchema.method('unFollow', function unFollow(id) {
var user = this;
user.following.pull({_id: id});
// Returns a promise in Mongoose 4.X
return user.save();
});
Also, as noted, you don't need to use Q as save will return a mongoose promise.
UPDATE: Mongoose's array pull method will work with matching primitive values but with subdocument objects it will only match on _id.
UPDATE #2: I just noticed your updated question shows that your controller is doing a lookup first, modifying the returned document and then saving the document back to the server. Why not create a static rather than a method to do what you want? This has the added bonus of being a single call to the DB rather than two per operation.
Example:
UserSchema.static('unfollow', function unfollow(token, id, cb) {
var User = this;
// Returns a promise in Mongoose 4.X
// or call cb if provided
return User.findOneAndUpdate({token: token}, {$pull: {follows: {user: id}}}, {new: true}).exec(cb);
});
User.unfollow(req.token, req.body.id).onResolve(function (err, result) {
if (err || !result) { return res.status(500).json({msg: 'User could not be unfollowed.'}); }
return res.status(200).json({msg: 'User unfollowed.'})
});
Bonus follow static:
UserSchema.static('follow', function follow(token, id, cb) {
var User = this;
// Returns a promise in Mongoose 4.X
// or call cb if provided
return User.findOneAndUpdate({token: token}, {$push: {follows: {user: id}}}, {new: true}).exec(cb);
});
User.follow(req.token, req.body.id).onResolve(function (err, result) {
if (err || !result) { return res.status(500).json({msg: 'User could not be followed.'}); }
return res.status(200).json({msg: 'User followed.'})
});