From 51328571547026f3d9823b808c81c220b24934c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Suntres <gsuntres@pm.me>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:09:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add bson.A to slice map function

---
 struct.go | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/struct.go b/struct.go
index 1810bf6..9d21d06 100644
--- a/struct.go
+++ b/struct.go
@@ -72,6 +72,35 @@ func MapToStruct(m map[string]any, o any) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+type WrapA struct {
+	Items []map[string]any
+}
+
+// BsonAToSlice will convert a bson.A to []map[string]any.
+func BsonAToSlice(m any) ([]map[string]any, error) {
+
+	v := bson.M{
+		"items": m.(bson.A),
+	}
+
+	b, err := bson.Marshal(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Failed marshal %v", err)
+
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var o WrapA
+	err = bson.Unmarshal(b, &o)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Failed to unmarshal %v", err)
+
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return o.Items, nil
+}
+
 // MapIsSubset given two map[string]any m1 and m2 will determine if m1 is a subset of m2.
 // Only fields' name is evaluated not their values.
 func MapIsSubset(subset, superset any) bool {