Mongodb Stitch realtime watch

Question

What I intend to achieve is some sort of "live query" functionality. So far I've tried using the "watch" method. According to the documentation:

You can open a stream of changes that match a filter by calling collection.watch(delegate:) with a $match expression as the argument. Whenever the watched collection changes and the ChangeEvent matches the provided $match expression, the stream’s event handler fires with the ChangeEvent object as its only argument

Passing the doc ids as an array works perfectly, but passing a query doesn't work:

this.stitch.db.collection<Queue>('queues')
                        .watch({
                          hospitalId: this.activehospitalid
                         }));

I've also tried this:

this.stitch.db.collection<Queue>('queues')
                        .watch({
                           $match: {
                              hospitalId: this.activehospitalid
                              }
                            },
                          ));

Which throws an error on the console "StitchServiceError: mongodb watch: filter is invalid (unknown top level operator: $match)". The intention is watch all documents where the field "hospitalId" matches the provided value, or to effectively pass a query filter to the watch() method.

what language/sdk are you using? – Dan Starns Dec 07 '19 at 19:41 — Dan Starns, Dec 07 '19 at 19:41
this is in typescript ono an angular app – Kisinga Dec 08 '19 at 11:23 — Kisinga, Dec 08 '19 at 11:23

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 08 '20 at 11:02

After a long search I found that it's possible to filter, but the query needs to be formatted differently

this.stitch.db.collection<Queue>('queues')
                        .watch({
                           $or: [
                                 {
                                   "fullDocument.hospitalId": this.activehospitalid
                                 }
                                ]
                            },
                          ));

For anyone else who might need this, please note the important fullDocument part of the query. I havent found much documentation relating to this, but I hope it helps

Mongodb Stitch realtime watch

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