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Quick Reference

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

Command
Syntax
Find a Document

API Documentation
Usage Example
Fundamentals
coll.find(Filters.eq("title", "Hamlet")).first();
coll.find(Filters.eq("year", 2005))
coll.insertOne(new Document("title", "Jackie Robinson"));
coll.insertMany(
    Arrays.asList(
            new Document("title", "Dangal").append("rating", "Not Rated"),
            new Document("title", "The Boss Baby").append("rating", "PG")));
coll.updateOne(
        Filters.eq("title", "Amadeus"),
        Updates.set("imdb.rating", 9.5));
coll.updateMany(
        Filters.eq("year", 2001),
        Updates.inc("imdb.votes", 100));
Update an Array in a Document

API Documentation
Fundamentals
coll.updateOne(
        Filters.eq("title", "Cosmos"),
        Updates.push("genres", "Educational"));
coll.replaceOne(
        Filters.and(Filters.eq("name", "Deli Llama"), Filters.eq("address", "2 Nassau St")),
        new Document("name", "Lord of the Wings").append("zipcode", 10001));
coll.deleteOne(Filters.eq("title", "Congo"));
coll.deleteMany(Filters.regex("title", "^Shark.*"));
coll.bulkWrite(
        Arrays.asList(
               new InsertOneModel<Document>(
                       new Document().append("title", "A New Movie").append("year", 2022)),
               new DeleteManyModel<Document>(
                       Filters.lt("year", 1970))));
coll.watch(Arrays.asList(
        Aggregates.match(Filters.gte("year", 2022))));
Access Data from a Cursor Iteratively

API Documentation
Fundamentals
MongoCursor<Document> cursor = coll.find().cursor();
while (cursor.hasNext()) {
    System.out.println(cursor.next().toJson());
}
Access Results from a Query as an Array

API Documentation
List<Document> resultList = new ArrayList<Document>();
coll.find().into(resultList);
coll.countDocuments(Filters.eq("year", 2000));
List the Distinct Documents or Field Values
API Documentation
Usage Example
coll.distinct("year", Integer.class);
Limit the Number of Documents Retrieved

API Documentation
Fundamentals
coll.find().limit(2);
Skip Retrieved Documents

API Documentation
Fundamentals
coll.find(Filters.regex("title", "^Rocky")).skip(2);
Sort the Documents When Retrieving Them

API Documentation
Fundamentals
coll.find().sort(Sorts.ascending("year"));
Project Document Fields When Retrieving Them

API Documentation
Usage Example
Fundamentals
coll.find().projection(Projections.fields(
       Projections.excludeId(),
       Projections.include("year", "imdb")));
coll.createIndex(
        Indexes.compoundIndex(
                Indexes.ascending("title"),
                Indexes.descending("year")));
// only searches fields with text indexes
coll.find(Filters.text("zissou"));
Install the Driver Dependency with Maven
pom.xml
<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
    <artifactId>mongodb-driver-sync</artifactId>
    <version>5.2.0</version>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>
Install the Driver Dependency with Gradle
build.gradle
dependencies {
  implementation 'org.mongodb:mongodb-driver-sync:5.2.0'
}

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