ObjectId.toString()

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ObjectId.toString(): Returns the string representation of the ObjectId(). This string value has the format of ObjectId(...).

Example

The following example calls the toString() method on an ObjectId() instance in mongosh:

ObjectId("507c7f79bcf86cd7994f6c0e").toString()

This will return the following string:

ObjectId("507c7f79bcf86cd7994f6c0e")

You can confirm the type of this object using the following operation:

typeof ObjectId("507c7f79bcf86cd7994f6c0e").toString()