Updating array of objects in mongodb

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1

I’ve posted this onto StackOverflow, to date no luck. Thought someone in the meteor community might be able to help.

I’m trying to update an array of objects in my simple-schema. Currently, it removes everything in the database and leaves behind:

"careerHistoryPositions": []

My simple-schema looks like:

const ProfileCandidateSchema = new SimpleSchema({
      userId: {
        type: String,
        regEx: SimpleSchema.RegEx.Id
      },
      careerHistoryPositions: { type: Array, optional: true },
      'careerHistoryPositions.$': { type: Object, optional: true },
      'careerHistoryPositions.$.uniqueId': { type: String, optional: true },
      'careerHistoryPositions.$.company': { type: String, optional: true },
      'careerHistoryPositions.$.title': { type: String, optional: true }
    });

If console.log form data looks like:

 careerHistoryPositions:  [Object, Object],
    0: Object
    company: "Test company"
    title: "Test Title"
    uniqueId: 1498004350350
    1: Object
    company: "Test company 2"
    title: "Test Title 2"
    uniqueId: 149800433221

My update function:

handleFormSubmit(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    const { careerHistoryPositions } = this.state;
    
    ProfileCandidate.update({ _id: this.state.profileCandidateCollectionId },
      { $set: {
        careerHistoryPositions
      }
      }
    );
  }
2

You are missing the value.

ProfileCandidate.update({ _id: this.state.profileCandidateCollectionId },
      { $set: {
        careerHistoryPositions : careerHistoryPositions
      }
      }
    );
3

ES6 prefers the property shorthand short form.

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4

right! :confused:
Did you try blackbox in the schema ?