Populating an Array of ObjectIds Not Working

[johnmastri]

First off, great library - thank you.

I have defined two schemas:

const RoutineSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
    name: {type: String},
    description: {type: String},
});

const UserSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
    name: { type: String, required: true },
    first_name: { type: String },
    last_name: { type: String },
    facebook_id: { type: String },
    email: { type: String },
    routines: { type: [Schema.ObjectId], ref:"Routine" },
});

when I hit api/v1/User?populate=routines I'm ending up with an empty array for routines. When I leave off ?populate=routines, it returns the ObjectIds as expected in the array. Is this possible with the current library?

[dwoodard]

Populate is case sensitive with regards to your example routine. Ensure routines is lowercased in your DB and in your UserSchema routines ref.

This:
routines: { type: [Schema.ObjectId], ref:"routine" },
vs
routines: { type: [Schema.ObjectId], ref:"Routine" },

[dwoodard]

#381

[Zertz]

Sounds right, thanks for the help @dwoodard !