Filter the Result
When finding documents in a collection, you can filter the result by using a query object.
The first argument of the find() method is a query object, and is used to limit the search.
Example
Find documents with the address "Park Lane 38":
var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/";
MongoClient.connect(url, function(err, db) {
if (err) throw err;
var dbo = db.db("mydb");
var query = { address: "Park Lane 38" };
dbo.collection("customers").find(query).toArray(function(err, result) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(result);
db.close();
});
});Save the code above in a file called "demo_mongodb_query.js" and run the file:
Run "demo_mongodb_query.js"
C:\Users\Your Name>node demo_mongodb_query.js Which will give you this result:
[
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a8e , name: 'Ben', address: 'Park Lane 38' }
] Filter With Regular Expressions
You can write regular expressions to find exactly what you are searching for.
Regular expressions can only be used to query strings.
To find only the documents where the "address" field starts with the letter "S", use the regular expression /^S/:
Example
Find documents where the address starts with the letter "S":
var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/";
MongoClient.connect(url, function(err, db) {
if (err) throw err;
var dbo = db.db("mydb");
var query = { address: /^S/ };
dbo.collection("customers").find(query).toArray(function(err, result) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(result);
db.close();
});
});
Save the code above in a file called "demo_mongodb_query_s.js" and run the file:
Run "demo_mongodb_query_s.js"
C:\Users\Your Name>node demo_mongodb_query_s.js Which will give you this result:
[
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a8b , name: 'Richard', address: 'Sky st 331' },
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a91 , name: 'Viola', address: 'Sideway 1633' }
]Node.js MongoDB Sort
Sort the Result Use the sort() method to sort the result in ascending or descending order. The sort() method takes one parameter, an object defining the sorting order.
Example
Sort the result alphabetically by name:
var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/";
MongoClient.connect(url, function(err, db) {
if (err) throw err;
var dbo = db.db("mydb");
var mysort = { name: 1 };
dbo.collection("customers").find().sort(mysort).toArray(function(err, result) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(result);
db.close();
});
});Save the code above in a file called "demo_sort.js" and run the file:
Run "demo_sort.js"
C:\Users\Your Name>node demo_sort.js Which will give you this result:
[
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a86, name: 'Amy', address: 'Apple st 652'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a8e, name: 'Ben', address: 'Park Lane 38'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a8a, name: 'Betty', address: 'Green Grass 1'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a90, name: 'Chuck', address: 'Main Road 989'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a87, name: 'Hannah', address: 'Mountain 21'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a84, name: 'John', address: 'Highway 71'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a88, name: 'Michael', address: 'Valley 345'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a85, name: 'Peter', address: 'Lowstreet 4'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a8b, name: 'Richard', address: 'Sky st 331'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a89, name: 'Sandy', address: 'Ocean blvd 2'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a8c, name: 'Susan', address: 'One way 98'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a8d, name: 'Vicky', address: 'Yellow Garden 2'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a91, name: 'Viola', address: 'Sideway 1633'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a8f, name: 'William', address: 'Central st 954'}
]Sort Descending
Use the value -1 in the sort object to sort descending.
{ name: 1 } // ascending
{ name: -1 } // descending Example
Sort the result reverse alphabetically by name:
var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/";
MongoClient.connect(url, function(err, db) {
if (err) throw err;
var dbo = db.db("mydb");
var mysort = { name: -1 };
dbo.collection("customers").find().sort(mysort).toArray(function(err, result) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(result);
db.close();
});
});
Save the code above in a file called "demo_sort_desc.js" and run the file:
Run "demo_sort_desc.js"
C:\Users\Your Name>node demo_sort_desc.js Which will give you this result:
[
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a8f, name: 'William', address: 'Central st 954'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a91, name: 'Viola', address: 'Sideway 1633'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a8d, name: 'Vicky', address: 'Yellow Garden 2'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a8c, name: 'Susan', address: 'One way 98'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a89, name: 'Sandy', address: 'Ocean blvd 2'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a8b, name: 'Richard', address: 'Sky st 331'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a85, name: 'Peter', address: 'Lowstreet 4'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a88, name: 'Michael', address: 'Valley 345'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a84, name: 'John', address: 'Highway 71'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a87, name: 'Hannah', address: 'Mountain 21'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a90, name: 'Chuck', address: 'Main Road 989'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a8a, name: 'Betty', address: 'Green Grass 1'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a8e, name: 'Ben', address: 'Park Lane 38'},
{ _id: 58fdbf5c0ef8a50b4cdd9a86, name: 'Amy', address: 'Apple st 652'}
]Node.js MongoDB Delete
To delete a record, or document as it is called in MongoDB, we use the deleteOne() method. The first parameter of the deleteOne() method is a query object defining which document to delete.
Note: If the query finds more than one document, only the first occurrence is deleted.
Example
Delete the document with the address "Mountain 21":
var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/";
MongoClient.connect(url, function(err, db) {
if (err) throw err;
var dbo = db.db("mydb");
var myquery = { address: 'Mountain 21' };
dbo.collection("customers").deleteOne(myquery, function(err, obj) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log("1 document deleted");
db.close();
});
});Save the code above in a file called "demo_delete.js" and run the file:
Run "demo_delete.js"
C:\Users\Your Name>node demo_delete.js Which will give you this result: 1 document deleted
Delete Many
To delete more than one document, use the deleteMany() method.
The first parameter of the deleteMany() method is a query object defining which documents to delete.
Example
Delete all documents were the address starts with the letter "O":
var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/";
MongoClient.connect(url, function(err, db) {
if (err) throw err;
var dbo = db.db("mydb");
var myquery = { address: /^O/ };
dbo.collection("customers").deleteMany(myquery, function(err, obj) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log(obj.result.n + " document(s) deleted");
db.close();
});
});Save the code above in a file called "demo_delete_many.js" and run the file:
Run "demo_delete_many.js"
C:\Users\Your Name>node demo_delete_many.js Which will give you this result:
2 document(s) deleted
The Result Object
The deleteMany() method returns an object which contains information about how the execution affected the database.
Most of the information is not important to understand, but one object inside the object is called "result" which tells us if the execution went OK, and how many documents were affected.
The result object looks like this:
{ n: 2, ok: 1 } You can use this object to return the number of deleted documents:
Example
Return the number of deleted documents:
console.log(obj.result.n); Which will produce this result:
2
Node.js MongoDB Drop
Drop Collection
You can delete a table, or collection as it is called in MongoDB, by using the drop() method.
The drop() method takes a callback function containing the error object and the result parameter which returns true if the collection was dropped successfully, otherwise it returns false.
Example
Delete the "customers" table:
var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/";
MongoClient.connect(url, function(err, db) {
if (err) throw err;
var dbo = db.db("mydb");
dbo.collection("customers").drop(function(err, delOK) {
if (err) throw err;
if (delOK) console.log("Collection deleted");
db.close();
});
});Save the code above in a file called "demo_drop.js" and run the file:
Run "demo_drop.js"
C:\Users\Your Name>node demo_drop.js Which will give you this result:
Collection deleted
db.dropCollection
You can also use the dropCollection() method to delete a table (collection).
The dropCollection() method takes two parameters: the name of the collection and a callback function.
Example
Delete the "customers" collection, using dropCollection():
var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/";
MongoClient.connect(url, function(err, db) {
if (err) throw err;
var dbo = db.db("mydb");
dbo.dropCollection("customers", function(err, delOK) {
if (err) throw err;
if (delOK) console.log("Collection deleted");
db.close();
});
});
Save the code above in a file called "demo_dropcollection.js" and run the file:
Run "demo_dropcollection.js"
C:\Users\Your Name>node demo_dropcollection.js Which will give you this result:
Collection deleted
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