Python MongoDB - Query

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While retrieving using find() method, you can filter the documents using the query object. You can pass the query specifying the condition for the required documents as a parameter to this method.

Operators

Following is the list of operators used in the queries in MongoDB.

Operation	Syntax	Example
Equality	{"key" : "value"}	db.mycol.find({"by":"tutorials point"})
Less Than	{"key" :{$lt:"value"}}	db.mycol.find({"likes":{$lt:50}})
Less Than Equals	{"key" :{$lte:"value"}}	db.mycol.find({"likes":{$lte:50}})
Greater Than	{"key" :{$gt:"value"}}	db.mycol.find({"likes":{$gt:50}})
Greater Than Equals	{"key" {$gte:"value"}}	db.mycol.find({"likes":{$gte:50}})
Not Equals	{"key":{$ne: "value"}}	db.mycol.find({"likes":{$ne:50}})

Example1

Following example retrieves the document in a collection whose name is sarmista.

from pymongo import MongoClient

#Creating a pymongo client
client = MongoClient('localhost', 27017)

#Getting the database instance
db = client['sdsegf']

#Creating a collection
coll = db['example']

#Inserting document into a collection
data = [
   {"_id": "1001", "name": "Ram", "age": "26", "city": "Hyderabad"},
   {"_id": "1002", "name": "Rahim", "age": "27", "city": "Bangalore"},
   {"_id": "1003", "name": "Robert", "age": "28", "city": "Mumbai"},
   {"_id": "1004", "name": "Romeo", "age": "25", "city": "Pune"},
   {"_id": "1005", "name": "Sarmista", "age": "23", "city": "Delhi"},
   {"_id": "1006", "name": "Rasajna", "age": "26", "city": "Chennai"}
]
res = coll.insert_many(data)
print("Data inserted ......")

#Retrieving data
print("Documents in the collection: ")

for doc1 in coll.find({"name":"Sarmista"}):
   print(doc1)

Output

Data inserted ......
Documents in the collection:
{'_id': '1005', 'name': 'Sarmista', 'age': '23', 'city': 'Delhi'}

Example2

Following example retrieves the document in a collection whose age value is greater than 26.

from pymongo import MongoClient

#Creating a pymongo client
client = MongoClient('localhost', 27017)

#Getting the database instance
db = client['ghhj']

#Creating a collection
coll = db['example']

#Inserting document into a collection
data = [
   {"_id": "1001", "name": "Ram", "age": "26", "city": "Hyderabad"},
   {"_id": "1002", "name": "Rahim", "age": "27", "city": "Bangalore"},
   {"_id": "1003", "name": "Robert", "age": "28", "city": "Mumbai"},
   {"_id": "1004", "name": "Romeo", "age": "25", "city": "Pune"},
   {"_id": "1005", "name": "Sarmista", "age": "23", "city": "Delhi"},
   {"_id": "1006", "name": "Rasajna", "age": "26", "city": "Chennai"}
]
res = coll.insert_many(data)
print("Data inserted ......")

#Retrieving data
print("Documents in the collection: ")

for doc in coll.find({"age":{"$gt":"26"}}):
   print(doc)

Output

Data inserted ......
Documents in the collection:
{'_id': '1002', 'name': 'Rahim', 'age': '27', 'city': 'Bangalore'}
{'_id': '1003', 'name': 'Robert', 'age': '28', 'city': 'Mumbai'}