ObjectId.valueOf()
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ObjectId.valueOf()
Returns the value of the
ObjectId()
as a lowercase hexadecimal string. This value is thestr
attribute of theObjectId()
object.
Example
The following example calls the valueOf()
method on an ObjectId()
:
ObjectId("507c7f79bcf86cd7994f6c0e").valueOf()
This will return the following string:
507c7f79bcf86cd7994f6c0e
You can confirm the type of this object using the following operation:
typeof ObjectId("507c7f79bcf86cd7994f6c0e").valueOf()