To get the topmost document, use find() along with limit(). To fetch only a single document, consider using limit(1). Let us create a collection with documents −
> db.demo681.insertOne({_id:101,Name:"Chris"}); { "acknowledged" : true, "insertedId" : 101 } > db.demo681.insertOne({_id:102,Name:"Bob"}); { "acknowledged" : true, "insertedId" : 102 } > db.demo681.insertOne({_id:103,Name:"David"}); { "acknowledged" : true, "insertedId" : 103 } > db.demo681.insertOne({_id:104,Name:"Bob"}); { "acknowledged" : true, "insertedId" : 104 } > db.demo681.insertOne({_id:105,Name:"Sam"}); { "acknowledged" : true, "insertedId" : 105 }
Display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method −
> db.demo681.find();
This will produce the following output −
{ "_id" : 101, "Name" : "Chris" } { "_id" : 102, "Name" : "Bob" } { "_id" : 103, "Name" : "David" } { "_id" : 104, "Name" : "Bob" } { "_id" : 105, "Name" : "Sam" }
Following is the query to get the topmost element −
> db.demo681.find().limit(1);
This will produce the following output −
{ "_id" : 101, "Name" : "Chris" }