Delete Documents¶

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Overview
- Data Model
- Snippet Setup
Methods
- Delete a Single Document
- Delete One or More Documents

Overview¶

The code snippets on this page demonstrate how to delete documents that are stored in a MongoDB collection. Delete operations use a query filter to specify which documents to delete.

Data Model¶

The examples on this page use a collection named store.items that models various items available for purchase in an online store. Each item has a name, an inventory quantity, and an array of customer reviews.

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// store.items
{
    "_id": { "bsonType": "objectId" },
    name: { "bsonType": "string" },
    quantity: { "bsonType": "int" },
    reviews: {
      "bsonType": "array",
      "items": {
        "username": { "bsonType": "string" },
        "comment": { "bsonType": "string" }
      }
    }
}

Snippet Setup¶

Functions

To use a code snippet in a function, you must first instantiate a MongoDB collection handle:

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exports = function() {
  const mongodb = context.services.get("mongodb-atlas");
  const itemsCollection = mongodb.db("store").collection("items");
  const purchasesCollection = mongodb.db("store").collection("purchases");
  // ... paste snippet here ...
}

Methods¶

Delete a Single Document¶

You can delete a single document from a collection using the collection.deleteOne() action.

The following function snippet deletes one document in the items collection that has a name value of legos:

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const query = { "name": "legos" };

itemsCollection.deleteOne(query)
  .then(result => console.log(`Deleted ${result.deletedCount} item.`))
  .catch(err => console.error(`Delete failed with error: ${err}`))

Delete One or More Documents¶

You can delete multiple items from a collection using the collection.deleteMany() action.

The following snippet deletes all documents in the items collection that do not have any reviews:

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const query = { "reviews": { "$size": 0 } };

itemsCollection.deleteMany(query)
  .then(result => console.log(`Deleted ${result.deletedCount} item(s).`))
  .catch(err => console.error(`Delete failed with error: ${err}`))

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