Is there a way to automatically change the default _id field generated by MongoDB to "ObjectID"? For example, transforming _id: xxxxx into ObjectID: xxxxx. Below is the schema for my objects:
{
skills: [ 'Programming', 'Design' ],
paymentForms: [ 'Flat fee' ],
_id: 6011a89084e07663d25e01af,
title: 'Personal website development',
description: 'I would like to have a personal website that showcases my resume and work portfolio.',
otherSkills: '',
price: '25-50',
__v: 0
}
I am currently retrieving documents from my database using a mongoose query, which returns an array of documents. I have attempted two methods to rename the _id key after fetching these documents, but neither has been successful. Here is the code snippet:
function renameKey(obj, oldKey, newKey) {
if (oldKey !== newKey) {
console.log(Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(obj, oldKey))
Object.defineProperty(obj, newKey,
Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(obj, oldKey));
delete obj[oldKey];
}
}
The issue with this approach is that 'getOwnPropertyDescriptor' returns undefined. The second method I tried is:
const renameKey = (obj, oldKey, newKey) => {
const targetKey = obj[oldKey];
console.log(targetKey);
obj[newKey] = targetKey;
console.log(obj);
delete obj[oldKey];
return obj;
}
Although this seems like the standard way to rename keys, it does not mutate my objects and instead returns the same one. Both methods successfully work for literal objects I create like { _id: 10 }, but they fail when applied to objects retrieved from my mongoose query.
If anyone can provide insight on what might be wrong with these approaches or suggest an alternative solution, such as using mongoose projection to rename queries (if feasible), I would greatly appreciate it.