$arrayToObject (aggregation)¶

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Definition¶

$arrayToObject¶

New in version 3.4.4.

Converts an array into a single document; the array must be either:

An array of two-element arrays where the first element is the field name, and the second element is the field value:
```
[ [ "item", "abc123"], [ "qty", 25 ] ]
```

- OR -

An array of documents that contains two fields, k and v where:
- The k field contains the field name.
- The v field contains the value of the field.
```
[ { "k": "item", "v": "abc123"}, { "k": "qty", "v": 25 } ]
```

$arrayToObject has the following syntax:

{ $arrayToObject: <expression> }

The <expression> can be any valid expression that resolves to an array of two-element arrays or array of documents that contains “k” and “v” fields.

For more information on expressions, see Expressions.

Behavior¶

For more information on expressions, see Expressions.

Example

Results

{ $arrayToObject: { $literal: [{ "k": "item", "v": "abc123"}, { "k": "qty", "v": 25 } ] } }

{ "item" : "abc123", "qty" : 25 }

{ $arrayToObject: { $literal:  [ [ "item", "abc123"], [ "qty", 25 ] ] } }

{ "item" : "abc123", "qty" : 25 }

Examples¶

`$arrayToObject` Example¶

Consider a inventory collection with the following documents:

{ "_id" : 1, "item" : "ABC1",  dimensions: [ { "k": "l", "v": 25} , { "k": "w", "v": 10 }, { "k": "uom", "v": "cm" } ] }
{ "_id" : 2, "item" : "ABC2",  dimensions: [ [ "l", 50], [ "w",  25 ], [ "uom", "cm" ] ] }

The following aggregation pipeline operation use the $arrayToObject to return the dimensions field as a document:

db.inventory.aggregate(
   [
      {
         $project: {
            item: 1,
            dimensions: { $arrayToObject: "$dimensions" }
         }
      }
   ]
)

The operation returns the following:

{ "_id" : 1, "item" : "ABC1", "dimensions" : { "l" : 25, "w" : 10, "uom" : "cm" } }
{ "_id" : 2, "item" : "ABC2", "dimensions" : { "l" : 50, "w" : 25, "uom" : "cm" } }

`$objectToArray` + `$arrayToObject` Example¶

Consider a inventory collection with the following documents:

{ "_id" : 1, "item" : "ABC1", instock: { warehouse1: 2500, warehouse2: 500 } }
{ "_id" : 2, "item" : "ABC2", instock: { warehouse2: 500, warehouse3: 200} }

The following aggregation pipeline operation calculates the total in stock for each item and adds to the instock document:

db.inventory.aggregate( [
   { $addFields: { instock: { $objectToArray: "$instock" } } },
   { $addFields: { instock: { $concatArrays: [ "$instock", [ { "k": "total", "v": { $sum: "$instock.v" } } ] ] } } } ,
   { $addFields: { instock: { $arrayToObject: "$instock" } } }
] )