Convert string to ObjectID in MongoDB

Using mongoose:

var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var objectId = mongoose.Types.ObjectId('569ed8269353e9f4c51617aa');

Using native driver (https://stackoverflow.com/a/21076589/3377073)

var ObjectId = require('mongodb').ObjectId;
doc._id = new ObjectId(doc._id); // wrap in ObjectID

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