Update() in mongo db is deprecated and it was used for updating a record. Now this function can be done using replaceOne() . Here is the sample express js code for replacing and updating a mongo db record.
app.route('/articles/:articleTitle').put(function(req, res){ Article.replaceOne( {title: req.params.articleTitle}, {title: req.body.title, content: req.body.content}, {overwrite: true}, function(err){ if(!err){ res.send("Successfully updated article."); }else{ res.send("failed"); } } ); })