[mongodb] How do I perform the SQL Join equivalent in MongoDB?

MongoDB does not allow joins, but you can use plugins to handle that. Check the mongo-join plugin. It's the best and I have already used it. You can install it using npm directly like this npm install mongo-join. You can check out the full documentation with examples.

(++) really helpful tool when we need to join (N) collections

(--) we can apply conditions just on the top level of the query

Example

var Join = require('mongo-join').Join, mongodb = require('mongodb'), Db = mongodb.Db, Server = mongodb.Server;
db.open(function (err, Database) {
    Database.collection('Appoint', function (err, Appoints) {

        /* we can put conditions just on the top level */
        Appoints.find({_id_Doctor: id_doctor ,full_date :{ $gte: start_date },
            full_date :{ $lte: end_date }}, function (err, cursor) {
            var join = new Join(Database).on({
                field: '_id_Doctor', // <- field in Appoints document
                to: '_id',         // <- field in User doc. treated as ObjectID automatically.
                from: 'User'  // <- collection name for User doc
            }).on({
                field: '_id_Patient', // <- field in Appoints doc
                to: '_id',         // <- field in User doc. treated as ObjectID automatically.
                from: 'User'  // <- collection name for User doc
            })
            join.toArray(cursor, function (err, joinedDocs) {

                /* do what ever you want here */
                /* you can fetch the table and apply your own conditions */
                .....
                .....
                .....


                resp.status(200);
                resp.json({
                    "status": 200,
                    "message": "success",
                    "Appoints_Range": joinedDocs,


                });
                return resp;


            });

    });