MongoDB query inside an array

Question

I want to use this mongoDB collection:

[
  {
    "_id": {
      "$oid": "627c4eb87e7c2b8ba510ac4c"
    },
    "Contact": [
      {
        "name": "ABC",
        "phone": 5501234,
        "mail": "[email protected]"
      },
      {
        "name": "DEF",
        "phone": 6001234,
        "mail": "[email protected]"
      }
    ],
    "nomatter": "trash"
  }
]

search for {"name":"ABC"} and return only {"mail":"[email protected]"}.

It's possible to use find or it's necessary to use aggregate?

Answer 1

Try this one:

db.collection.aggregate([
  { $match: { "Contact.name": "ABC" } },
  {
    $project: {
      Contact: {
        $filter: {
          input: "$Contact",
          cond: { $eq: [ "$$this.name", "ABC" ] }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  { "$replaceWith": { mail: { $first: "$Contact.mail" } } }
])

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