cursor.showRecordId() (mongosh method)

Definition

cursor.showRecordId()

Important

mongosh Method

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For MongoDB API drivers, refer to the language-specific MongoDB driver documentation.

Appends the $recordId field to documents returned by a query. $recordId is the internal key that uniquely identifies a document in a collection. $recordId format:

'$recordId': Long(<int>)

Returns:	A modified cursor object that contains the document fields and the appended $recordId field.

Compatibility

This method is available in deployments hosted in the following environments:

• MongoDB Atlas: The fully managed service for MongoDB deployments in the cloud

• MongoDB Enterprise: The subscription-based, self-managed version of MongoDB
• MongoDB Community: The source-available, free-to-use, and self-managed version of MongoDB

Example

The example uses this pizzas collection:

db.pizzas.insertMany( [
   { type: "pepperoni", size: "small", price: 4 },
   { type: "cheese", size: "medium", price: 7 },
   { type: "vegan", size: "large", price: 8 }
] )

The following find() example uses showRecordId() to append the $recordId to the pizza document fields in the output:

db.pizzas.find().showRecordId()

Example output:

[
   {
      _id: ObjectId("62ffc70660b33b68e8f30435"),
      type: 'pepperoni',
      size: 'small',
      price: 4,
      '$recordId': Long("1")
   },
   {
      _id: ObjectId("62ffc70660b33b68e8f30436"),
      type: 'cheese',
      size: 'medium',
      price: 7,
      '$recordId': Long("2")
   },
   {
      _id: ObjectId("62ffc70660b33b68e8f30437"),
      type: 'vegan',
      size: 'large',
      price: 8,
      '$recordId': Long("3")
   }
]