db.coll.findOne() // returns a single document
db.coll.find() // returns a cursor - show 20 results - "it" to display more
db.coll.find().pretty()
db.coll.find({name: "Max", age: 32}) // implicit logical "AND".
db.coll.find({date: ISODate("2020-09-25T13:57:17.180Z")})
db.coll.find({name: "Max", age: 32}).explain("executionStats") // or "queryPlanner" or "allPlansExecution"
db.coll.distinct("name")
// Count
db.coll.count({age: 32}) // estimation based on collection metadata
db.coll.estimatedDocumentCount() // estimation based on collection metadata
db.coll.countDocuments({age: 32}) // alias for an aggregation pipeline - accurate count
// Comparison
db.coll.find({"year": {$gt: 1970}})
db.coll.find({"year": {$gte: 1970}})
db.coll.find({"year": {$lt: 1970}})
db.coll.find({"year": {$lte: 1970}})
db.coll.find({"year": {$ne: 1970}})
db.coll.find({"year": {$in: [1958, 1959]}})
db.coll.find({"year": {$nin: [1958, 1959]}})
// Logical
db.coll.find({name:{$not: {$eq: "Max"}}})
db.coll.find({$or: [{"year" : 1958}, {"year" : 1959}]})
db.coll.find({$nor: [{price: 1.99}, {sale: true}]})
db.coll.find({
$and: [
{$or: [{qty: {$lt :10}}, {qty :{$gt: 50}}]},
{$or: [{sale: true}, {price: {$lt: 5 }}]}
]
})
// Element
db.coll.find({name: {$exists: true}})
db.coll.find({"zipCode": {$type: 2 }})
db.coll.find({"zipCode": {$type: "string"}})
// Aggregation Pipeline
db.coll.aggregate([
{$match: {status: "A"}},
{$group: {_id: "$cust_id", total: {$sum: "$amount"}}},
{$sort: {total: -1}}
])
// Text search with a "text" index
db.coll.find({$text: {$search: "cake"}}, {score: {$meta: "textScore"}}).sort({score: {$meta: "textScore"}})
// Regex
db.coll.find({name: /^Max/}) // regex: starts by letter "M"
db.coll.find({name: /^Max$/i}) // regex case insensitive
// Array
db.coll.find({tags: {$all: ["Realm", "Charts"]}})
db.coll.find({field: {$size: 2}}) // impossible to index - prefer storing the size of the array & update it
db.coll.find({results: {$elemMatch: {product: "xyz", score: {$gte: 8}}}})
// Projections
db.coll.find({"x": 1}, {"actors": 1}) // actors + _id
db.coll.find({"x": 1}, {"actors": 1, "_id": 0}) // actors
db.coll.find({"x": 1}, {"actors": 0, "summary": 0}) // all but "actors" and "summary"
// Sort, skip, limit
db.coll.find({}).sort({"year": 1, "rating": -1}).skip(10).limit(3)
// Read Concern
db.coll.find().readConcern("majority")