Using jsonpatch to create new path

Question

I'm trying to use jsonpatch to create new path in a mongoose document, but I can't make it work.

The page oficial page enter link description here says that I can add new values to a path like this,

{op: add, path:/mypath, value: 'new value'}

But what I want is to add new path with new values. I've try passing a variable to the path like this:

var valuesItem = [{
            op: 'add',
            path: '/' + data,
            value: 'data'
        }];

But that don't work. Thanks.

Can you be more specific about exactly what you're expecting the input to be and what you'd expect the patched output to look like? — loganfsmyth, Jan 31 '15 at 04:50
Well , I have two inputs on the client side , with them I want to build an object and send them to the database via patch to be added to a document according to an id . I'm using Mongoose database , but I don't know if necessarily there have to be a model created to have access to the path patch that have to be created. Thank you very much for your answer. regards — Diego, Jan 31 '15 at 16:20
Yes the problem was in the api and mongoose, aperently mongoose add to a document some extra data so I had to change the way to update the data in the DB. — Diego, Feb 16 '15 at 00:40

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 27 '15 at 21:06

I have to change the way that it was updated the data in the database, like this:

value = value.toObject();
var patches = request.payload;
jsonpatch.apply(value, patches);

      Value.update({ _id: request.params.id }, value, { overwrite: true }, function(err) {
        if (err) {
          reply(err);
        } else {
         ...code...
        }

Using jsonpatch to create new path

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