InternalServerError: Cast to ObjectId failed for value "5" at path "_id" for model "comment"

[cyp3rius]

Having a somewhat related issue. I get the following error message when I go to "Plugins" -> "Comments" -> Comment I just posted.

error InternalServerError: Cast to ObjectId failed for value "5" at path "_id" for model "comment"

This is what I POST to create a new comment (not sure maybe thats where the issue is?)

{
    "authorUser": "5fb48e746b458f4dc1da0751",
	"content": "My sample response",
	"related": [{
		"refId": "5fcba9fee5e1787e022cf178",
		"ref": "post",
		"field": "comments"
	}]
}

refId is the ID of the post I am trying to comment on. Same ID is being supplied via the endpoint:

POST http://localhost:1337/comments/post:5fcba9fee5e1787e022cf178 (not sure if it needs to be supplied in both places: URL and the body of the request)

When I go to that post I can definitely see that the new comment was "propagated":

Any ideas?

Originally posted by @mikekoro in #14 (comment)

[cyp3rius]

@mikekoro @ibnumubarok what version of Strapi and plugin are you using? May I ask for the full stack trace?

[ibnumubarok]

Thanks for opening a new issue @cyp3rius

I'm using the latest version, for both Strapi (3.3.4) & plugin (1.0.0-beta.6).

After trying to do another look on this, I found that this issue related with MongoDB datatype. If I setup Strapi using SQLite, the plugin works well, but error when I use MongoDB.

ID of an entry on MongoDB is an ObjectID, while on other db, it's an integer. This cause the error.

[2020-12-07T12:09:02.029Z] error InternalServerError: Cast to ObjectId failed for value "5" at path "_id" for model "comment"
at Object.throw (/Users/ibnu/work/temp/strapi-comment/node_modules/koa/lib/context.js:97:11)
at throwError (/Users/ibnu/work/temp/strapi-comment/node_modules/strapi-plugin-comments/controllers/comments.js:18:41)
at Object.findOne (/Users/ibnu/work/temp/strapi-comment/node_modules/strapi-plugin-comments/controllers/comments.js:119:7)
at runMicrotasks ()
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5)

[cyp3rius]

Thanks for highlighting that @ibnumubarok. I will prepare the fix in couple of hours.

[cyp3rius]

@ibnumubarok @mikekoro version beta.7 has been published with the uuid fix. Close the ticket once it helps.

[cyp3rius]

Closing. In case of need raise a new ticket please.