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10 Advanced Querying Techniques for MongoDB

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Mongoose is a powerful library for working with MongoDB databases in Node.js. It

provides a simple yet powerful API for querying and manipulating data in MongoDB.

In this article, we will explore some advanced querying techniques in Mongoose that
will help you make the most of this library.

Querying documents based on a specific field value

To find all documents that match a specific field value, you can use the find method.
For example, to find all users who are 30 years old, you can use the following code:

const users = await User.find({ age: 30 });

Querying documents based on a combination of field values

To find all documents that match a combination of field values, you can use the find

method with multiple conditions. For example, to find all users who are 30 years old
and have an email ending with '.com', you can use the following code:

const users = await User.find({ age: 30, email: /.*\.com$/ });

Querying documents using logical operators

To find all documents that match multiple conditions using logical operators, you can
use the $or operator. For example, to find all users who are either 30 years old or
have an email ending with '.com', you can use the following code:

const users = await User.find({ $or: [{ age: 30 }, { email: /.*\.com$/ }] });

Querying documents using the aggregation pipeline

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The aggregation pipeline allows you to perform complex data transformations on

the data before returning the final result. For example, to find the average age of all
users, you can use the following code:

const result = await User.aggregate([

{ $group: { _id: null, avgAge: { $avg: '$age' } } }
]);

Querying documents using text search

To perform a text search on documents, you can use the $text operator. For
example, to find all articles containing the word 'mongoose', you can use the
following code:

const articles = await Article.find({ $text: { $search: 'mongoose' } });

Querying documents using partial text search

To find all documents containing words starting with a specific string, you can use
the $search operator with a regular expression. For example, to find all articles
containing words starting with 'mon', you can use the following code:

const articles = await Article.find({ $text: { $search: 'mon*', $caseSensitive: fal

Querying documents based on date ranges

To find all documents that fall within a date range, you can use the $gte and $lt

operators. For example, to find all orders made between two dates, you can use the
following code:

const orders = await Order.find({ orderDate: { $gte: startDate, $lt: endDate } });

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Querying documents using the $lookup operator

The $lookup operator allows you to perform a left outer join between two collections.
For example, to find all users with their corresponding orders, you can use the
following code:

const usersWithOrders = await User.aggregate([

{
$lookup: {
from: 'orders',
localField: '_id',
foreignField: 'userId',
as: 'orders'
}
}
]);

Querying documents using the $unwind operator

The $unwind operator allows you to flatten an array field in the documents. For
example, to find all products with each tag as a separate document, you can use
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const productsWithTags = await Product.aggregate([

{ $unwind: '$tags' }
]);

Querying documents using the $group operator

The $group operator allows you to group documents based on a specific field and
perform aggregations on the groups. For example, to find the total sales for each
product, you can use the following code:

const productSales = await Order.aggregate([

{
$group: {
_id: '$productId',
totalSales: { $sum: '$quantity' }
}

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}
]);

In conclusion, Mongoose provides a wide range of powerful querying options that

allow you to manipulate data in MongoDB with ease. By utilizing these advanced
techniques, you can take your data querying to the next level and create more
sophisticated applications.

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