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---
id: 587d7fb8367417b2b2512c0e
title: 'Perform Classic Updates by Running Find, Edit, then Save'
challengeType: 2
forumTopicId: 301541
dashedName: perform-classic-updates-by-running-find-edit-then-save
---
# --description--
In the good old days, this was what you needed to do if you wanted to edit a document, and be able to use it somehow (e.g. sending it back in a server response). Mongoose has a dedicated updating method: `Model.update()`. It is bound to the low-level mongo driver. It can bulk-edit many documents matching certain criteria, but it doesnt send back the updated document, only a 'status' message. Furthermore, it makes model validations difficult, because it just directly calls the mongo driver.
# --instructions--
Modify the `findEditThenSave` function to find a person by `_id` (use any of the above methods) with the parameter `personId` as search key. Add `"hamburger"` to the list of the person's `favoriteFoods` (you can use `Array.push()`). Then - inside the find callback - `save()` the updated `Person`.
**Note:** This may be tricky, if in your Schema, you declared `favoriteFoods` as an Array, without specifying the type (i.e. `[String]`). In that case, `favoriteFoods` defaults to Mixed type, and you have to manually mark it as edited using `document.markModified('edited-field')`. See [Mongoose documentation](https://mongoosejs.com/docs/schematypes.html#Mixed)
# --hints--
Find-edit-update an item should succeed
```js
(getUserInput) =>
$.post(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/find-edit-save', {
name: 'Poldo',
age: 40,
favoriteFoods: ['spaghetti']
}).then(
(data) => {
assert.equal(data.name, 'Poldo', 'item.name is not what is expected');
assert.equal(data.age, 40, 'item.age is not what expected');
assert.deepEqual(
data.favoriteFoods,
['spaghetti', 'hamburger'],
'item.favoriteFoods is not what expected'
);
assert.equal(data.__v, 1, 'The item should be previously edited');
},
(xhr) => {
throw new Error(xhr.responseText);
}
);
```
# --solutions--
```js
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