Mongo find() returns [object Object] in express

Question

so basically i'm trying to access Pages collection from header.ejs

app.use(function(req,res,next){
    res.locals.pages= Pages.find();
    next();
});

but when i try to access it from the html it display [object object]

and when i display it on console.log it shows a lot

createIndexes instead.
Query {
  _mongooseOptions: {},
  _transforms: [],
  _hooks: Kareem { _pres: Map {}, _posts: Map {} },
  _executionCount: 0,
  mongooseCollection: 
   NativeCollection {
     collection: Collection { s: [Object] },
     opts: 
      { bufferCommands: true,
        capped: false,
        '$wasForceClosed': undefined },
     name: 'pages',
     collectionName: 'pages',
     conn: ....................

how can i access from html by array ?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 06 '19 at 22:17

Pages.find() by default will return a cursor. You'll want to use a callback to handle what you've found:

app.use(function(req, res, next) {
  Pages.find({}, (err, pages) => {
    if (err) return next(err);
    res.locales.pages = pages;
    return next();
  });
});

Check out Converting an object to a string for info on how to convert an object or array to a string. By default, when you convert an object to a string, it will read [object Object] (you can verify this by doing const a = {}; console.log({}.toString()))

You can always get a few points most every day answering a question just like this! — Robert Moskal, Mar 07 '19 at 04:02

Mongo find() returns [object Object] in express

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