I have an string array of id's that i'd like to use with the find function.

dbpanies.find( { _id : { $in : arr} });

arr looks something like this,

[ '563a2c60b511b7ff2c61e938', '563a2c60b511b7ff2c61e8b7' ];

I see from the documentation that ObjectID() doesn't accept arrays. How can I search for a list of documents with this array? Will I have to recreate the array so that all elements are ObjectID's?

I have an string array of id's that i'd like to use with the find function.

db.panies.find( { _id : { $in : arr} });

arr looks something like this,

[ '563a2c60b511b7ff2c61e938', '563a2c60b511b7ff2c61e8b7' ];

I see from the documentation that ObjectID() doesn't accept arrays. How can I search for a list of documents with this array? Will I have to recreate the array so that all elements are ObjectID's?

• javascript
• arrays
• mongodb
• objectid

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• What is the output when you run that query? – TbWill4321 Commented Dec 15, 2015 at 22:31

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One option is to use the map function to get the list of ObjectId's from the list of string ids:

arr.map(function (id) {
  return ObjectId(id);
})

Plugged into your query:

db.panies.find({_id: { $in: arr.map(function (id) {return ObjectId(id);})}})