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VICTOR OMONDI
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MongoDB Tip - Querying For Single Document

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If you're querying for a single document, prefer findOne over find

Usecase:

To find a user by an email field

One possible approach:

User.find({email: 'shubworkmail@gmail.com'});
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Better Approach:

User.findOne({email: 'shubworkmail@gmail.com'});
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