CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

lookup in other document in array

db.orders.aggregate([
    // Unwind the source
    { "$unwind": "$products" },
    // Do the lookup matching
    { "$lookup": {
       "from": "products",
       "localField": "products",
       "foreignField": "_id",
       "as": "productObjects"
    }},
    // Unwind the result arrays ( likely one or none )
    { "$unwind": "$productObjects" },
    // Group back to arrays
    { "$group": {
        "_id": "$_id",
        "products": { "$push": "$products" },
        "productObjects": { "$push": "$productObjects" }
    }}
])