Quick Reference

This page shows the driver syntax for several MongoDB commands and links to their related reference and API documentation.

Compatibility

You can use the Node.js driver to connect and execute commands for deployments hosted in the following environments:

MongoDB Atlas: The fully managed service for MongoDB deployments in the cloud
MongoDB Enterprise: The subscription-based, self-managed version of MongoDB
MongoDB Community: The source-available, free-to-use, and self-managed version of MongoDB

To learn more about performing common CRUD operations in the Atlas UI for deployments hosted in MongoDB Atlas, see Create, View, Update, and Delete Documents.

Command

Syntax

Find a Document

API Documentation
Find Documents Guide

await coll.findOne({ title: 'Hamlet' });

{ title: 'Hamlet', type: 'movie', ... }

Find Multiple Documents

API Documentation
Find Documents Guide

coll.find({ year: 2005 });

[
  { title: 'Christmas in Boston', year: 2005, ... },
  { title: 'Chicken Little', year: 2005, ... },
  ...
]

Insert a Document

API Documentation
Insert Documents Guide

await coll.insertOne({ title: 'Jackie Robinson' });

Insert Multiple Documents

API Documentation
Insert Documents Guide

await coll.insertMany([
  { title: 'Dangal', rating: 'Not Rated' },
  { title: 'The Boss Baby', rating: 'PG' }
 ]);

Update a Document

API Documentation
Update Documents Guide

await coll.updateOne(
  { title: 'Amadeus' },
  { $set: { 'imdb.rating': 9.5 } }
);

{ title: 'Amadeus', imdb: { rating: 9.5, ... } }

Update Multiple Documents

API Documentation
Update Documents Guide

await coll.updateMany(
  { year: 2001 },
  { $inc: { 'imdb.votes': 100 } }
);

[
  { title: 'A Beautiful Mind', year: 2001, imdb: { votes: 826257, ... },
  { title: 'Shaolin Soccer', year: 2001, imdb: { votes: 65442, ... },
  ...
]

Update Arrays in Documents

API Documentation
Update Arrays in a Document Guide

await coll.updateOne(
  { title: 'Cosmos' },
  { $push: { genres: 'Educational' } }
):

{ title: 'Cosmos', genres: [ 'Documentary', 'Educational' ] }

Replace a Document

API Documentation
Replace Documents Guide

await coll.replaceOne(
  { name: 'Deli Llama', address: '2 Nassau St' },
  { name: 'Lord of the Wings', zipcode: 10001 }
);

{ name: 'Lord of the Wings', zipcode: 10001 }

Delete a Document

API Documentation
Delete Documents Guide

await coll.deleteOne({ title: 'Congo' });

Delete Multiple Documents

API Documentation
Delete Documents Guide

await coll.deleteMany({ title: { $regex: /^Shark.*/ } });

Bulk Write

API Documentation
Bulk Operations Guide

await coll.bulkWrite([
  {
    insertOne: {
      document: {
        title: 'A New Movie',
        year: 2022
      }
    }
  },
  {
    deleteMany: {
      filter: { year: { $lt: 1970 } }
    }
  }
]);

BulkWriteResult {
  result: {
    ...
  },
  ...
}

Watch for Changes

API Documentation
Monitor Data with Change Streams Guide

coll.watch([ { $match: { year: { $gte: 2022 } } } ]);

Access Data from a Cursor Iteratively

Access Data from a Cursor Guide

const cursor = coll.find();
for await (const doc of cursor) {
   console.dir(doc);
}

[
  { title: '2001: A Space Odyssey', ... },
  { title: 'The Sound of Music', ... },
  ...
]

Access Data from a Cursor as an Array

API Documentation
Access Data from a Cursor Guide

const cursor = coll.find();
const results = await cursor.toArray();

[
  { title: '2001: A Space Odyssey', ... },
  { title: 'The Sound of Music', ... },
  ...
]

Count Documents

API Documentation
Count Documents Guide

await coll.countDocuments({ year: 2000 });

List the Distinct Documents or Field Values
API Documentation
Retrieve Distinct Values Guide

await coll.distinct('year');

[ 1891, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1903, ... ]

Limit the Number of Documents Retrieved

API Documentation
Limit Documents Reference

coll.find().limit(2);

[
  { title: 'My Neighbor Totoro', ... },
  { title: 'Amélie', ... }
]

Skip Retrieved Documents

API Documentation
Skip Documents Reference

coll.find({ title: { $regex: /^Rocky/} }, { skip: 2 });

[
  { title: 'Rocky III', ... },
  { title: 'Rocky IV', ... },
  { title: 'Rocky V'}, ... }
]

Sort the Documents When Retrieving Them

API Documentation
Sort Documents Reference

coll.find().sort({ year: 1});

[
  { title: 'Newark Athlete', year: 1891, ... },
  { title: 'Blacksmith Scene', year: 1893, ...},
  { title: 'Dickson Experimental Sound Film', year: 1894},
  ...
]

Project Document Fields When Retrieving Them

API Documentation
Specify Which Fields to Return Guide

coll.find().project({ _id: 0, year: 1, imdb: 1 });

[
  { year: 2012, imdb: { rating: 5.8, votes: 230, id: 8256 }},
  { year: 1985, imdb: { rating: 7.0, votes: 447, id: 1654 }},
  ...
]

Create an Index

API Documentation
Indexes Guide

await coll.createIndex({ title: 1, year: -1 });

Query Text

API Documentation
Query Text Guide

// only searches fields with text indexes
coll.find({ $text: { $search: 'zissou' } });

[
  { title: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou', ... }
]

Install the Driver Dependency

package.json

"dependencies": {
  "mongodb": "^6.20",
  ...
}

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