Mongoose Query.prototype.and() API

Last Updated : 27 Mar, 2023

The Mongoose Query API and() method is used to add additional filters to the current mongoose query instance.

Syntax:

Query.prototype.and(array)

Parameters: It accepts the following parameters as mentioned above and described below:

array: It is an array of conditions to concatenate to the current mongoose query instance.

Return type: It returns a Query object as a response.

Creating node application And Installing Mongoose:

Step 1: Create a node application using the following command:

mkdir folder_name
cd folder_name
npm init -y
touch main.js

Step 2: After completing the Node.js application, Install the required module using the following command:

npm install mongoose

Example 1: In this example, we will use this method to add an additional filter of age “20” to the query instance

Filename: main.js

Javascript

// Importing the module
const mongoose = require('mongoose')
 
// Creating the connection
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/query-helpers',
    {
        dbName: 'event_db',
        useNewUrlParser: true,
        useUnifiedTopology: true
    }, err => err ? console.log(err)
        : console.log('Connected to database'));
 
let personSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
    name: {
        type: String,
    },
    age: {
        type: Number,
    }
});
 
let personsArray = [
    {
        name: 'Luffy',
        age: 20
    },
    {
        name: 'Nami',
        age: 20,
    },
    {
        name: 'Zoro',
        age: 35
    }
]
 
let Person = mongoose.model('Person', personSchema);
 
(async () => {
    await Person.insertMany(personsArray)
    const res = await Person.find().and([{ age: 20 }])
    console.log({ res });
})();

Step to Run Application: Run the application using the following command from the root directory of the project:

node main.js

Output:

GUI Representation of the Database using MongoDB Compass:

Example 2: In this example, we will use this method to add an additional filter of age “20” and name “Luffy” to the query instance

Filename: main.js

Javascript

// Importing the module
const mongoose = require('mongoose')
 
// Creating the connection
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/query-helpers',
    {
        dbName: 'event_db',
        useNewUrlParser: true,
        useUnifiedTopology: true
    }, err => err ? console.log(err)
        : console.log('Connected to database'));
 
let personSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
    name: {
        type: String,
    },
    age: {
        type: Number,
    }
});
 
let personsArray = [
    {
        name: 'Luffy',
        age: 20
    },
    {
        name: 'Nami',
        age: 20,
    },
    {
        name: 'Zoro',
        age: 35
    }
]
 
let Person = mongoose.model('Person', personSchema);
 
(async () => {
    await Person.insertMany(personsArray)
    let res = await Person.find().and([{ age: 20 },
    { name: "Luffy" }])
    console.log({ res });
})();