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Comparing Express User with Mongoose Foreign Key

my mongoose model contains a foreign key for the model User.
If a put, post or delete request comes in, I would like to check if the primary ID of the currently authenticated user is the same as the foreign key.

If i log the id's they are exactly the same, can someone please tell me the correct way to go about this? Thanks in advance.

Model

mongoose.model(
'MyModel',
mongoose.Schema(
user:
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: 'User',
required: true
,
...
)
)


Express Route

router.put('/models/:id', auth, (req, res, next) =>
MyModel.findById(req.params.id, (err, model) =>
if (err) return res.status(500).send(success: false, msg: 'Model not found');
if (req.user._id !== model.user) return res.status(500).send(sucess: false, msg: 'You did not create this model');

...success...
);
);


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