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| id: 587d7fb7367417b2b2512c0d
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| title: Use model.findById() to Search Your Database By _id
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| challengeType: 2
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| forumTopicId: 301544
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| dashedName: use-model-findbyid-to-search-your-database-by-id
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| ---
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| 
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| # --description--
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| 
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| When saving a document, MongoDB automatically adds the field `_id`, and set it to a unique alphanumeric key. Searching by `_id` is an extremely frequent operation, so Mongoose provides a dedicated method for it.
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| 
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| # --instructions--
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| 
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| Modify the `findPersonById` to find the only person having a given `_id`, using `Model.findById() -> Person`. Use the function argument `personId` as the search key.
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| 
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| # --hints--
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| 
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| Find an item by Id should succeed
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| 
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| ```js
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| (getUserInput) =>
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|   $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/find-by-id').then(
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|     (data) => {
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|       assert.equal(data.name, 'test', 'item.name is not what expected');
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|       assert.equal(data.age, 0, 'item.age is not what expected');
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|       assert.deepEqual(
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|         data.favoriteFoods,
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|         ['none'],
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|         'item.favoriteFoods is not what expected'
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|       );
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|       assert.equal(data.__v, 0, 'The item should be not previously edited');
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|     },
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|     (xhr) => {
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|       throw new Error(xhr.responseText);
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|     }
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|   );
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| ```
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| 
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| # --solutions--
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| 
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| ```js
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| /**
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|   Backend challenges don't need solutions, 
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|   because they would need to be tested against a full working project. 
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|   Please check our contributing guidelines to learn more.
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| */
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| ```
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