Mongoose findByIdAndRemove() Function

MongoDB is the most used cross-platform, document-oriented database that provides, high availability, high performance, and easy scalability. MongoDB works on the concept of collecting and documenting the data. findByIdAndRemove() stands proud as a convenient way to discover a file by its specific identifier and eliminate it from the database.

Prerequisites

• MongoDB Basics
• Mongoose ODM
• Node JS and Asynchronous Operations

The findByIdAndRemove() function is part of the Mongoose library and is used to find a matching document, remove it, and pass the found document (if any) to the callback.

Creating Express Application and setting up MongoDB

Step 1: Initialise an Express application with the following command.

npm init -y

Step 2: Install the required dependencies.

npm install express mongoose

Folder Structure

The updated dependencies in package.json file will look like:

"dependencies": {
 "express": "^4.18.2",
 "mongoose": "^8.0.3"
} 

Data collection before the operation.

Example: Add the following code in index.js file.

Steps to run the program:

node index.js

Output

👁 Image

👁 new Database