new Cursor(){Cursor}
Creates a new Cursor instance (INTERNAL TYPE, do not instantiate directly)
Properties:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
sortValue |
string | Cursor query sort setting. |
timeout |
boolean | Is Cursor able to time out. |
readPreference |
ReadPreference | Get cursor ReadPreference. |
Fires:
Returns:
Cursor instance.Example
Cursor cursor options.
collection.find({}).project({a:1}) // Create a projection of field a
collection.find({}).skip(1).limit(10) // Skip 1 and limit 10
collection.find({}).batchSize(5) // Set batchSize on cursor to 5
collection.find({}).filter({a:1}) // Set query on the cursor
collection.find({}).comment('add a comment') // Add a comment to the query, allowing to correlate queries
collection.find({}).addCursorFlag('tailable', true) // Set cursor as tailable
collection.find({}).addCursorFlag('oplogReplay', true) // Set cursor as oplogReplay
collection.find({}).addCursorFlag('noCursorTimeout', true) // Set cursor as noCursorTimeout
collection.find({}).addCursorFlag('awaitData', true) // Set cursor as awaitData
collection.find({}).addCursorFlag('partial', true) // Set cursor as partial
collection.find({}).addQueryModifier('$orderby', {a:1}) // Set $orderby {a:1}
collection.find({}).max(10) // Set the cursor max
collection.find({}).maxTimeMS(1000) // Set the cursor maxTimeMS
collection.find({}).min(100) // Set the cursor min
collection.find({}).returnKey(true) // Set the cursor returnKey
collection.find({}).setReadPreference(ReadPreference.PRIMARY) // Set the cursor readPreference
collection.find({}).showRecordId(true) // Set the cursor showRecordId
collection.find({}).sort([['a', 1]]) // Sets the sort order of the cursor query
collection.find({}).hint('a_1') // Set the cursor hint
All options are chainable, so one can do the following.
collection.find({}).maxTimeMS(1000).maxScan(100).skip(1).toArray(..)
Extends
Methods
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addCursorFlag(flag, value){Cursor}
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Add a cursor flag to the cursor
Name Type Description flag
string The flag to set, must be one of following ['tailable', 'oplogReplay', 'noCursorTimeout', 'awaitData', 'partial'].
value
boolean The flag boolean value.
Throws:
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addQueryModifier(name, value){Cursor}
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Add a query modifier to the cursor query
Name Type Description name
string The query modifier (must start with $, such as $orderby etc)
value
string | boolean | number The modifier value.
Throws:
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batchSize(value){Cursor}
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Set the batch size for the cursor.
Name Type Description value
number The batchSize for the cursor.
Throws:
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Clone the cursor
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close(options, callback){Promise}
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Close the cursor, sending a KillCursor command and emitting close.
Name Type Description options
object optional Optional settings.
Name Type Description skipKillCursors
boolean optional Bypass calling killCursors when closing the cursor.
callback
Cursor~resultCallback optional The result callback.
Returns:
Promise if no callback passed
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collation(value){Cursor}
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Set the collation options for the cursor.
Name Type Description value
object The cursor collation options (MongoDB 3.4 or higher) settings for update operation (see 3.4 documentation for available fields).
Throws:
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comment(value){Cursor}
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Add a comment to the cursor query allowing for tracking the comment in the log.
Name Type Description value
string The comment attached to this query.
Throws:
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count(applySkipLimit, options, callback){Promise}
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Get the count of documents for this cursor
Name Type Default Description applySkipLimit
boolean true optional Should the count command apply limit and skip settings on the cursor or in the passed in options.
options
object optional Optional settings.
Name Type Description skip
number optional The number of documents to skip.
limit
number optional The maximum amounts to count before aborting.
maxTimeMS
number optional Number of miliseconds to wait before aborting the query.
hint
string optional An index name hint for the query.
readPreference
ReadPreference | string optional The preferred read preference (ReadPreference.PRIMARY, ReadPreference.PRIMARY_PREFERRED, ReadPreference.SECONDARY, ReadPreference.SECONDARY_PREFERRED, ReadPreference.NEAREST).
callback
Cursor~countResultCallback optional The result callback.
Returns:
Promise if no callback passed
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each(callback){null}
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Iterates over all the documents for this cursor. As with {cursor.toArray},
not all of the elements will be iterated if this cursor had been previouly accessed.
In that case, {cursor.rewind} can be used to reset the cursor. However, unlike
{cursor.toArray}, the cursor will only hold a maximum of batch size elements
at any given time if batch size is specified. Otherwise, the caller is responsible
for making sure that the entire result can fit the memory.Name Type Description callback
Cursor~resultCallback The result callback.
- Deprecated
- Yes
Throws:
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explain(callback){Promise}
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Execute the explain for the cursor
Name Type Description callback
Cursor~resultCallback optional The result callback.
Returns:
Promise if no callback passed
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filter(filter){Cursor}
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Set the cursor query
Name Type Description filter
object The filter object used for the cursor.
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forEach(iterator, callback){Promise}
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Iterates over all the documents for this cursor using the iterator, callback pattern.
Name Type Description iterator
Cursor~iteratorCallback The iteration callback.
callback
Cursor~endCallback The end callback.
Throws:
Returns:
no callback supplied
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hasNext(callback){Promise}
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Check if there is any document still available in the cursor
Name Type Description callback
Cursor~resultCallback optional The result callback.
Throws:
Returns:
Promise if no callback passed
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hint(hint){Cursor}
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Set the cursor hint
Name Type Description hint
object If specified, then the query system will only consider plans using the hinted index.
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isClosed(){boolean}
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Is the cursor closed
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limit(value){Cursor}
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Set the limit for the cursor.
Name Type Description value
number The limit for the cursor query.
Throws:
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map(transform){Cursor}
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Map all documents using the provided function
Name Type Description transform
function optional The mapping transformation method.
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max(max){Cursor}
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Set the cursor max
Name Type Description max
object Specify a $max value to specify the exclusive upper bound for a specific index in order to constrain the results of find(). The $max specifies the upper bound for all keys of a specific index in order.
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maxAwaitTimeMS(value){Cursor}
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Set a maxAwaitTimeMS on a tailing cursor query to allow to customize the timeout value for the option awaitData (Only supported on MongoDB 3.2 or higher, ignored otherwise)
Name Type Description value
number Number of milliseconds to wait before aborting the tailed query.
Throws:
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maxScan(maxScan){Cursor}
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Set the cursor maxScan
Name Type Description maxScan
object Constrains the query to only scan the specified number of documents when fulfilling the query
- Deprecated
- as of MongoDB 4.0
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maxTimeMS(value){Cursor}
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Set a maxTimeMS on the cursor query, allowing for hard timeout limits on queries (Only supported on MongoDB 2.6 or higher)
Name Type Description value
number Number of milliseconds to wait before aborting the query.
Throws:
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min(min){Cursor}
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Set the cursor min
Name Type Description min
object Specify a $min value to specify the inclusive lower bound for a specific index in order to constrain the results of find(). The $min specifies the lower bound for all keys of a specific index in order.
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next(callback){Promise}
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Get the next available document from the cursor, returns null if no more documents are available.
Name Type Description callback
Cursor~resultCallback optional The result callback.
Throws:
Returns:
Promise if no callback passed
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inherited pause(){null}
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This method will cause a stream in flowing-mode to stop emitting data events. Any data that becomes available will remain in the internal buffer.
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inherited pipe(destination, options){null}
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This method pulls all the data out of a readable stream, and writes it to the supplied destination, automatically managing the flow so that the destination is not overwhelmed by a fast readable stream.
Name Type Description destination
Writable The destination for writing data
options
object optional Pipe options
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project(value){Cursor}
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Sets a field projection for the query.
Name Type Description value
object The field projection object.
Throws:
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inherited read(size){String|Buffer|null}
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The read() method pulls some data out of the internal buffer and returns it. If there is no data available, then it will return null.
Name Type Description size
number Optional argument to specify how much data to read.
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inherited resume(){null}
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This method will cause the readable stream to resume emitting data events.
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returnKey(returnKey){Cursor}
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Set the cursor returnKey. If set to true, modifies the cursor to only return the index field or fields for the results of the query, rather than documents. If set to true and the query does not use an index to perform the read operation, the returned documents will not contain any fields.
Name Type Description returnKey
bool the returnKey value.
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inherited rewind(){null}
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Resets the cursor
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setCursorOption(field, value){Cursor}
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Set a node.js specific cursor option
Name Type Description field
string The cursor option to set ['numberOfRetries', 'tailableRetryInterval'].
value
object The field value.
Throws:
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inherited setEncoding(encoding){null}
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Call this function to cause the stream to return strings of the specified encoding instead of Buffer objects.
Name Type Description encoding
string The encoding to use.
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setReadPreference(readPreference){Cursor}
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Set the ReadPreference for the cursor.
Name Type Description readPreference
string | ReadPreference The new read preference for the cursor.
Throws:
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showRecordId(showRecordId){Cursor}
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Set the cursor showRecordId
Name Type Description showRecordId
object The $showDiskLoc option has now been deprecated and replaced with the showRecordId field. $showDiskLoc will still be accepted for OP_QUERY stye find.
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skip(value){Cursor}
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Set the skip for the cursor.
Name Type Description value
number The skip for the cursor query.
Throws:
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snapshot(snapshot){Cursor}
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Set the cursor snapshot
Name Type Description snapshot
object The $snapshot operator prevents the cursor from returning a document more than once because an intervening write operation results in a move of the document.
- Deprecated
- as of MongoDB 4.0
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sort(keyOrList, direction){Cursor}
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Sets the sort order of the cursor query.
Name Type Description keyOrList
string | array | object The key or keys set for the sort.
direction
number optional The direction of the sorting (1 or -1).
Throws:
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stream(options){Cursor}
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Return a modified Readable stream including a possible transform method.
Name Type Description options
object optional Optional settings.
Name Type Description transform
function optional A transformation method applied to each document emitted by the stream.
Returns:
replace this method with transformStream in next major release
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toArray(callback){Promise}
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Returns an array of documents. The caller is responsible for making sure that there
is enough memory to store the results. Note that the array only contains partial
results when this cursor had been previouly accessed. In that case,
cursor.rewind() can be used to reset the cursor.Name Type Description callback
Cursor~toArrayResultCallback optional The result callback.
Throws:
Returns:
Promise if no callback passed
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transformStream(options){stream}
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Return a modified Readable stream that applies a given transform function, if supplied. If none supplied,
returns a stream of unmodified docs.Name Type Description options
object optional Optional settings.
Name Type Description transform
function optional A transformation method applied to each document emitted by the stream.
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inherited unpipe(destination){null}
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This method will remove the hooks set up for a previous pipe() call.
Name Type Description destination
Writable optional The destination for writing data
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inherited unshift(chunk){null}
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This is useful in certain cases where a stream is being consumed by a parser, which needs to "un-consume" some data that it has optimistically pulled out of the source, so that the stream can be passed on to some other party.
Name Type Description chunk
Buffer | string Chunk of data to unshift onto the read queue.
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inherited wrap(stream){null}
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Versions of Node prior to v0.10 had streams that did not implement the entire Streams API as it is today. (See "Compatibility" below for more information.)
Name Type Description stream
Stream An "old style" readable stream.
Type Definitions
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countResultCallback(error, count)
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The callback format for results
Name Type Description error
MongoError An error instance representing the error during the execution.
count
number The count of documents.
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endCallback(error)
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The callback error format for the forEach iterator method
Name Type Description error
MongoError An error instance representing the error during the execution.
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iteratorCallback(doc)
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The callback format for the forEach iterator method
Name Type Description doc
Object An emitted document for the iterator
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resultCallback(error, result)
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The callback format for results
Name Type Description error
MongoError An error instance representing the error during the execution.
result
object | null | boolean The result object if the command was executed successfully.
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toArrayResultCallback(error, documents)
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The callback format for results
Name Type Description error
MongoError An error instance representing the error during the execution.
documents
Array.<object> All the documents the satisfy the cursor.
Events
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close
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Cursor stream close event
Type:
- null
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data
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Cursor stream data event, fired for each document in the cursor.
Type:
- object
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end
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Cursor stream end event
Type:
- null
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readable
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Cursor stream readable event
Type:
- null