stupid question 2: get key types of nested object in mongoose, not ref/subcollections

Take this example:

@prop({ default: {}, _id: false })
openid: OpenId;

where OpenId is another class like this:

export class OpenId {
    @prop({ index: true, sparse: true, unique: true })
    google?: string;

    @prop({ index: true, sparse: true, unique: true })
    microsoft?: string;

    @prop({ index: true, sparse: true, unique: true })
    apple?: string;
}

But then when for example when trying to update an object with mongoose saying:

 manager.findByIdAndUpdate(_id, {
    openid.google: "something"
});

will throw an error as it doesn’t tell you what keys you have on the “openid” object.

Is it possible to get the types right there without having to work with populating refs/subcollections?

I have worked in the past with proper subcollections & refs and that’s fine for that use case, but sometimes you just need a plain nested object.

Is this supposed to work or am I just doing things wrong?

[smolinari]

For my curiosity, could you offer the actual error message?

Scott

[hasezoey]

closing because this question seems to be answered