Issue with passing a variable to the find_one query

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Hi,
I’m using Python and I’m trying to do a compare in 2 collections to push any new changes or inserts to a 3rd collection.

I have a current collection and another collection that will be updated with new data. I want to see if there is any change of the new data when compared to the current collection and if so push it to a 3rd collection in order to push to an external system.

I searched and found some possible ideas but figured I’d just start with trying to pull data from the 2 collections based on one value. However, I’m getting stuck with the find_one query part. What I have so far:

>>>results=[]
>>> results.append(deptload.find_one())
>>>for item in results:
	deptid=item['DeptId']
	item2=deptprior.find_one({"Code":deptid})
	print(item2['Name'])

The issue is with the deptid in ‘({“Code”:deptid})’. It won’t accept the value from deptid and is returning back TypeError: ‘NoneType’ object is not subscriptable.

However when I print the deptid and pass it manually with the actual numbers, “12000”, it works just fine and brings back the name.

First am I on the right track to compare 2 collections and push the changes to a 3rd. And secondly, what am I doing wrong with the deptid variable?

Thanks.

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I believe this issue is that find_one() returns None when no document matches the query. That means the results list in your example could end up being [None]. See:

To fix this, check if the return is None before appending to results:

doc = deptload.find_one()
if doc is not None:
    results.append(doc)

Also, if your application needs to track changes to a collection you may be interested in using change streams:

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Thanks. For the ChangeStream it says I need a replica set. How do I install that?

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Please enjoy https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/replication/.

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