"use strict"; // HTTP status codes by name const codes = require('./http-codes'); const genericPatch = (req, res, next, modelClass) => { if (!req.body || (req.body._id && req.body._id !== req.params.id)) { // little bit different as in PUT. :id does not need to be in data, but if the _id and url id must match const err = new Error('id of PATCH resource and send JSON body are not equal ' + req.params.id + ' ' + req.body._id); err.status = codes.notfound; next(err); return; // prevent node to process this function further after next() has finished. } req.body.updatedAt = new Date(); req.body.$inc = {__v: 1}; if (req.body.hasOwnProperty('__v')) { delete req.body.__v; } // PATCH is easier with mongoose than PUT. You simply update by all data that comes from outside. no need to // reset attributes that are missing. modelClass.findByIdAndUpdate(req.params.id, req.body, {new: true}, (err, item) => { if (err) { err.status = codes.wrongrequest; } else if (!item) { err = new Error('item not found'); err.status = codes.notfound; } else { res.locals.items = item; } next(err); }); }; exports.genericPatch = genericPatch;