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Definition

cursor.readPref(mode, tagSet)

mongo Shell Method

This page documents the mongo shell method, and does not refer to the MongoDB Node.js driver (or any other driver) method. For corresponding MongoDB driver API, refer to your specific MongoDB driver documentation instead.

Append readPref() to a cursor to control how the client routes the query to members of the replica set.

Note

You must apply readPref() to the cursor before retrieving any documents from the database.

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
mode string One of the following read preference modes: primary, primaryPreferred, secondary, secondaryPreferred, or nearest
tagSet array of documents

Optional. A tag set used to target reads to members with the specified tag(s). tagSet is not available if using primary.

For details, see Read Preference Tag Set Lists.

cursor.setReadPref() does not support the Read Preference maxStalenessSeconds option for read preference.

Example

The following operation uses the read preference mode to target the read to a secondary member.

db.collection.find({ }).readPref( "secondary")

To target secondaries with specific tags, include the tag set array:

db.collection.find({ }).readPref(
   "secondary",
   [
      { "datacenter": "B" },    // First, try matching by the datacenter tag
      { "region": "West"},      // If not found, then try matching by the region tag
      { }                       // If not found, then use the empty document to match all eligible members
   ]
)

During the secondary selection process, MongoDB tries to find secondary members with the datacenter: "B" tag first.

  • If found, MongoDB limits the eligible secondaries to those with the datacenter: "B" tag and ignores the remaining tags.
  • If none are found, then, MongoDB tries to find secondary members with the "region": "West" tag.
    • If found, MongoDB limits the eligible secondaries to those with the "region": "West" tag.
    • If none are found, MongoDB uses any eligible secondaries.

See Order of Tag Matching for details.