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Dynamically pick values from req.body based on database attributes

I am building an app usine Node/EJS/Mongo where the user is building a capability survey, and needs to set the desired level for each question. The form that they use to pick the levels has a series of selects that look like:

<select class="form-control col-sm-4" id="<%=capability.capabilityId%>" name="<%=capability.capabilityId%>">
<option value=1>Developing</option>
<option value=2>Intermediate</option>
<option value=3>Advanced</option>
<option value=4>Role Model</option>
</select>


When the user then submits this form, I want to update the assessment to load in these expected levels.

The schema for assessments in my mongodb looks like:

var assessmentSchema = new mongoose.Schema ({
title: String,
startDate: Date,
endDate: Date,
behaviours: [{
behaviourName: String,
behaviourId: String,
order: Number,
capabilities: [{
orderCap: Number,
capabilityId: String,
capabilityName: String,
capabilityDesc: String,
developing: String,
intermediate: String,
advanced: String,
roleModel: String,
expectedLevel: Number,
motivation1: String,
motivation2: String,
motivation3: String,
motivation4: String,
motivation5: String
}] //capabilities object
}],
targetEmployees:[{
type: mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId,
ref: "Users"
}] //behaviours object
});


What I am thinking is I want to loop through all the capabilities, find the entry in req.body that has a name that matches capabilityId, and then update desiredLevel. I just can't see how to make it work. My route code currently looks like:

req.body

capabilityId

desiredLevel

router.put(':id/levels', function(req, res) {
Assessment.findById(req.params.id, function(err, foundAssessment) {
foundAssessment.behaviours.forEach(function(b) {
b.capabilities.forEach(function(c) {
c.expectedLevel = req.body.SOMETHINGHERE
});
});

foundAssessment.save(function(err) {
if (err) {
console.log(err);
req.flash("error", err.message);
res.redirect("back");
} else {
// Send json back to xhr request
res.json(foundAssessment);
}
});
});
});


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