Cast to ObjectID failed for value (Front end side problem)

Issue

So I have been given an API to which I need to send a post request to create a task within a list, but when I try to send the request, I get the following error (I am trying it in postman).

The following is the schema of a post request body I need to send to the API, and the image is the request I am sending with the postman (I need to use the x-www-form-urlencoded because otherwise, it is not working)

{
   title: { type: String,required:true},
   description: String,
   done:Boolean,
   date: { type: Date, default: Date.now },
   list:{
      type: Schema.ObjectId,
      ref: 'List'
}

So can you please help me with this? I get the following error.

Cast to ObjectID failed for value \"Daily Tasks\" at path \"list\"

Solution

The API is expecting you to pass the id of a List, not its name. It's probably expecting you to do an other API call before to get that id.

It should look like this: "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"

Additionally, you can look at the documentation of MongoDB for information about the ObjectId format: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/method/ObjectId/

Answered By - qventura