So I have a .delete endpoint in order to delete products. I have some validation where I am checking that the logged in user is the seller of said product first before they can delete. As you can see in the code below, I am handling the verification and the delete separately. My question is if there is a way to do the seller verification and the delete operation simulataneously so as not to make 2 separate queries to the database.

export async function DELETE(req: Request, { params }: Params) {
  await mongooseConnect();

  try {
    const { id } = params;
    const session = await getServerSession(authOptions);

    const productById = await Product.findById(id);
    if (productById.seller?.toString() !== session?.user?._id) {
      return new Response(
        JSON.stringify({ errorMessage: "Unauthorized request" }),
        { status: 401 }
      );
    }

    await Product.deleteOne({ _id: id });
    return new Response(JSON.stringify(true), { status: 200 });
  } catch (error) {
    return new Response(JSON.stringify(error), { status: 500 });
  }
}