I'm using Mongoengine with Django.
I have an embedded field in my model. that is a list field of embedded documents.
import mongoengine
class OrderStatusLog(mongoengine.EmbeddedDocument):
status_code = mongoengine.StringField()
class Order(mongoengine.DynamicDocument):
incr_id = mongoengine.SequenceField()
status = mongoengine.ListField(mongoengine.EmbeddedDocumentField(OrderStatusLog))
Now I want to filter the result on Order collection based on the last value in status field.
e.g. Order.objects.filter(status__last__status_code="scode")
I guess there is no such thing __last. I tried the approach mentioned in the docs http://docs.mongoengine.org/guide/querying.html#querying-lists
but didn't work.
I can solve this by looping over all the documents in the collection but thats not efficient, how can we write this query efficiently.
I'm not sure MongoEngine can do that (yet). AFAIK, you'd need to use the aggregation pipeline.
In the Mongo shell, using the '$slice' and the $arrayElemAt operators:
db.order.aggregate([{ $project: {last_status: { $arrayElemAt: [{ $slice: [ "$status", -1 ] }, 0 ]} }}, {$match: {'last_status.status_code':"scode"}} ])
And in Python:
pipeline = [
{'$project': {'last_status': { '$arrayElemAt': [{ '$slice': [ "$status", -1 ] }, 0 ]} }},
{'$match': {'last_status.status_code':'scode'}}
]
agg_cursor = Order.objects.aggregate(*pipeline)
result = [ Order.objects.get(id=order['_id']) for order in agg_cursor ]
The trick here is that objects.aggregate provides a PyMongo cursor, not a MongoEngine cursor, so if you need MongoEngine objects, you can proceed in two steps: first filter using the aggregation framework to get the ids of matched items, then get them through a MongoEngine query.
This is what I do. From my tests, it had proven to be much more efficient than fetching everything and filtering in the python code.
If there is a simpler way, I'm interested to ear about it. Otherwise, this could be a feature request for MongoEngine. You may want to open an issue there.
I am new to MongoDB. I am trying to write some data to a Mongo database from Python script, the data structure is simple:
{"name":name, "first":"2016-03-01", "last":"2016-03-01"}
I have a script to query if the "name" exists, if yes, update the "last" date, otherwise, create the document.
if db.collections.find_one({"name": the_name}):
And the size of data is actually very small, <5M bytes, and <150k records.
It was fast at first (e.g. the first 20,000 records), and then getting slower and slower. I checked the analyzer profile, some queries were > 50 miliseconds, but I don't see anything abnormal with those records.
Any ideas?
Update 1:
Seems there is no index for the "name" field:
> db.my_collection.getIndexes()
[
{
"v" : 1,
"key" : {
"_id" : 1
},
"name" : "_id_",
"ns" : "domains.my_collection"
}
]
First, you should check if the collection has an index on the "name" field. See the output of the following command in mongo CLI.
db.my_collection.getIndexes();
If there is no index then create it (note, on production environment you'd better create index in background).
db.my_collection.createIndex({name:1},{unique:true});
And if you want to insert a document if the document does not exist or update one field if the document exists then you can do it in one step without pre-querying. Use UPDATE command with upsert option and $set/$setOnInsert operators (see https://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/update/setOnInsert/).
db.my_collection.update(
{name:"the_name"},
{
$set:{last:"current_date"},
$setOnInsert:{first:"current_date"}
},
{upsert:true}
);
Mongodb updates provide the $push modifier to append to an array. My problem is that i want this to happen on a dict e.g
If my record looks like this initially:
{"collaborations":{'id1':{'role':'dev','scope':'dev'}}}
I want to add another item("id2" below) to the "collaborations" field dict to look something like this:
{"collaborations":{'id1':{'role':'dev','scope':'dev'},'id2':{'role':'qa','scope':'qa'}}}
I am trying with $push:
my_record.update({match_criteria},{$push,{"collaborations":{'id2':{'role':'qa','scope':'qa'}}}})
and also with $addToSet:
my_record.update({match_criteria},{$,{"collaborations":{'id2':{'role':'qa','scope':'qa'}}}})
With both of these, mongodb throws as error "Cannot apply $addToSet($push) modifier to non-array".
How can this be done for dict types? Any ideas?
The problem is that $addToSet and $push modifiers work with arrays.
To update sub-document (that is what you need here) just use $set modifier with dot notation to access sub-document (field.subfield):
my_record.update({
match_criteria
}, {
'$set': {
'collaborators.id2': {
// new document fields here
}
}
})
Every day, I receive a stock of documents (an update). What I want to do is insert each item that does not already exist.
I also want to keep track of the first time I inserted them, and the last time I saw them in an update.
I don't want to have duplicate documents.
I don't want to remove a document which has previously been saved, but is not in my update.
95% (estimated) of the records are unmodified from day to day.
I am using the Python driver (pymongo).
What I currently do is (pseudo-code):
for each document in update:
existing_document = collection.find_one(document)
if not existing_document:
document['insertion_date'] = now
else:
document = existing_document
document['last_update_date'] = now
my_collection.save(document)
My problem is that it is very slow (40 mins for less than 100 000 records, and I have millions of them in the update).
I am pretty sure there is something builtin for doing this, but the document for update() is mmmhhh.... a bit terse.... (http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Updating )
Can someone advise how to do it faster?
Sounds like you want to do an upsert. MongoDB has built-in support for this. Pass an extra parameter to your update() call: {upsert:true}. For example:
key = {'key':'value'}
data = {'key2':'value2', 'key3':'value3'};
coll.update(key, data, upsert=True); #In python upsert must be passed as a keyword argument
This replaces your if-find-else-update block entirely. It will insert if the key doesn't exist and will update if it does.
Before:
{"key":"value", "key2":"Ohai."}
After:
{"key":"value", "key2":"value2", "key3":"value3"}
You can also specify what data you want to write:
data = {"$set":{"key2":"value2"}}
Now your selected document will update the value of key2 only and leave everything else untouched.
As of MongoDB 2.4, you can use $setOnInsert (http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/setOnInsert/)
Set insertion_date using $setOnInsert and last_update_date using $set in your upsert command.
To turn your pseudocode into a working example:
now = datetime.utcnow()
for document in update:
collection.update_one(
filter={
'_id': document['_id'],
},
update={
'$setOnInsert': {
'insertion_date': now,
},
'$set': {
'last_update_date': now,
},
},
upsert=True,
)
You could always make a unique index, which causes MongoDB to reject a conflicting save. Consider the following done using the mongodb shell:
> db.getCollection("test").insert ({a:1, b:2, c:3})
> db.getCollection("test").find()
{ "_id" : ObjectId("50c8e35adde18a44f284e7ac"), "a" : 1, "b" : 2, "c" : 3 }
> db.getCollection("test").ensureIndex ({"a" : 1}, {unique: true})
> db.getCollection("test").insert({a:2, b:12, c:13}) # This works
> db.getCollection("test").insert({a:1, b:12, c:13}) # This fails
E11000 duplicate key error index: foo.test.$a_1 dup key: { : 1.0 }
You may use Upsert with $setOnInsert operator.
db.Table.update({noExist: true}, {"$setOnInsert": {xxxYourDocumentxxx}}, {upsert: true})
Summary
You have an existing collection of records.
You have a set records that contain updates to the existing records.
Some of the updates don't really update anything, they duplicate what you have already.
All updates contain the same fields that are there already, just possibly different values.
You want to track when a record was last changed, where a value actually changed.
Note, I'm presuming PyMongo, change to suit your language of choice.
Instructions:
Create the collection with an index with unique=true so you don't get duplicate records.
Iterate over your input records, creating batches of them of 15,000 records or so. For each record in the batch, create a dict consisting of the data you want to insert, presuming each one is going to be a new record. Add the 'created' and 'updated' timestamps to these. Issue this as a batch insert command with the 'ContinueOnError' flag=true, so the insert of everything else happens even if there's a duplicate key in there (which it sounds like there will be). THIS WILL HAPPEN VERY FAST. Bulk inserts rock, I've gotten 15k/second performance levels. Further notes on ContinueOnError, see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/write-operations/
Record inserts happen VERY fast, so you'll be done with those inserts in no time. Now, it's time to update the relevant records. Do this with a batch retrieval, much faster than one at a time.
Iterate over all your input records again, creating batches of 15K or so. Extract out the keys (best if there's one key, but can't be helped if there isn't). Retrieve this bunch of records from Mongo with a db.collectionNameBlah.find({ field : { $in : [ 1, 2,3 ...}) query. For each of these records, determine if there's an update, and if so, issue the update, including updating the 'updated' timestamp.
Unfortunately, we should note, MongoDB 2.4 and below do NOT include a bulk update operation. They're working on that.
Key Optimization Points:
The inserts will vastly speed up your operations in bulk.
Retrieving records en masse will speed things up, too.
Individual updates are the only possible route now, but 10Gen is working on it. Presumably, this will be in 2.6, though I'm not sure if it will be finished by then, there's a lot of stuff to do (I've been following their Jira system).
I don't think mongodb supports this type of selective upserting. I have the same problem as LeMiz, and using update(criteria, newObj, upsert, multi) doesn't work right when dealing with both a 'created' and 'updated' timestamp. Given the following upsert statement:
update( { "name": "abc" },
{ $set: { "created": "2010-07-14 11:11:11",
"updated": "2010-07-14 11:11:11" }},
true, true )
Scenario #1 - document with 'name' of 'abc' does not exist:
New document is created with 'name' = 'abc', 'created' = 2010-07-14 11:11:11, and 'updated' = 2010-07-14 11:11:11.
Scenario #2 - document with 'name' of 'abc' already exists with the following:
'name' = 'abc', 'created' = 2010-07-12 09:09:09, and 'updated' = 2010-07-13 10:10:10.
After the upsert, the document would now be the same as the result in scenario #1. There's no way to specify in an upsert which fields be set if inserting, and which fields be left alone if updating.
My solution was to create a unique index on the critera fields, perform an insert, and immediately afterward perform an update just on the 'updated' field.
1. Use Update.
Drawing from Van Nguyen's answer above, use update instead of save. This gives you access to the upsert option.
NOTE: This method overrides the entire document when found (From the docs)
var conditions = { name: 'borne' } , update = { $inc: { visits: 1 }} , options = { multi: true };
Model.update(conditions, update, options, callback);
function callback (err, numAffected) { // numAffected is the number of updated documents })
1.a. Use $set
If you want to update a selection of the document, but not the whole thing, you can use the $set method with update. (again, From the docs)...
So, if you want to set...
var query = { name: 'borne' }; Model.update(query, ***{ name: 'jason borne' }***, options, callback)
Send it as...
Model.update(query, ***{ $set: { name: 'jason borne' }}***, options, callback)
This helps prevent accidentally overwriting all of your document(s) with { name: 'jason borne' }.
In general, using update is better in MongoDB as it will just create the document if it doesn't exist yet, though I'm not sure how to work that with your python adapter.
Second, if you only need to know whether or not that document exists, count() which returns only a number will be a better option than find_one which supposedly transfer the whole document from your MongoDB causing unnecessary traffic.
Method For Pymongo
The Official MongoDB Driver for Python
5% of the times you may want to update and overwrite, while other times you like to insert a new row, this is done with updateOne and upsert
95% (estimated) of the records are unmodified from day to day.
The following solution is taken from this core mongoDB function:
db.collection.updateOne(filter, update, options)
Updates a single document within the collection based on the filter.
This is done with this Pymongo's function update_one(filter, new_values, upsert=True)
Code Example:
# importing pymongo's MongoClient
from pymongo import MongoClient
conn = MongoClient('localhost', 27017)
db = conn.databaseName
# Filter by appliances called laptops
filter = { 'user_id': '4142480', 'question_id': '2801008' }
# Update number of laptops to
new_values = { "$set": { 'votes': 1400 } }
# Using update_one() method for single update with upsert.
db.collectionName.update_one(filter, new_values, upsert=True)
What upsert=True Do?
Creates a new document if no documents match the filter.
Updates a single document that matches the filter.
I do propose the using of await now.