Listen for update operation in mongoDB and update certain field automatically

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whenever any update operation occur on the collection, there should be an automated process in nodejs that will automatically update the timestamp for updateAt field.

I don't want to do manually as there are multiple sources from it can be updated.

MongoDB don't have any trigger, but there is a watch in MongoDB how can I use it.... I want to perform update operations inside the watch and don't want to trigger watch when we update it.

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Ana Lava · Answer 1 · 2020-06-15T14:24:04.390

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You can use post update hooks described here But for this particular purpose, you can use { timestamps: true } in your mongoose schema and it will automatically update the createdAt and updatedAt fields

If you are not using mongoose take a look at this question.

edited Jun 15 '20 at 14:24

answered Jun 15 '20 at 13:06

Ana Lava

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Thanks, but we are not using the mongoose. – Laxman Jun 15 '20 at 14:04
Take a look at the link I added to the answer – Ana Lava Jun 15 '20 at 14:24

Listen for update operation in mongoDB and update certain field automatically

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