In this post, we will see a comprehensive list of all the MongoDB commands you will ever need as a MongoDB beginner. This list covers almost all the most used commands in MongoDB.

Database Commands

• View all databases

show dbs

• Create a new or switch databases

show dbs

• View current Database

db

• Delete Database

db.dropDatabase()

These are the basic Database Commands of MongoDb.

I will assume that you are working inside a collection(tables in sql) named 'comments' on a MongoDB database of your choice

Collection Commands

• Show Collections

show collections

• Create a collection named 'comments'

db.createCollection('comments')

• Drop a collection named 'comments'

db.comments.drop()

Row(Document) Commands

• Show all Rows in a Collection

db.comments.find()

• Show all Rows in a Collection (Prettified)

db.comments.find().pretty()

• Find the first row matching the object

db.comments.findOne({name: 'yash'})

• Insert One Row

db.comments.insert({
    'name': 'yash',
    'lang': 'JavaScript',
    'meme': 1
 })

• Insert many Rows

db.comments.insertMany([{
    'name': 'yash',
    'lang': 'JavaScript',
    'meme': 1
    }, 
    {'name': 'Rohan',
    'lang': 'Python',
    'meme': 3
    },
    {'name': 'jagu',
    'lang': 'Java',
    'meme': 4
}])

• Search in a MongoDb Database

db.comments.find({lang:'Python'})

• Limit the number of rows in output

db.comments.find().limit(2)

• Count the number of rows in the output

db.comments.find().count()

• Update a row

db.comments.update({name: 'Teja'},
{'name': 'yash',
    'lang': 'JavaScript',
    'meme': 1
}, {upsert: true})

• Mongodb Increment Operator

db.comments.update({name: 'Rohan'},
{$inc:{
    meme: 2
}})

• Mongodb Rename Operator

db.comments.update({name: 'Rohan'},
{$rename:{
    meme: 'member'
}})

• Delete Row

db.comments.remove({name: 'yash'})

• Less than

db.comments.find({member_since: {$lt: 90}})

• Less than equals to

db.comments.find({member_since: {$lte: 90}})

• Greater than

db.comments.find({member_since: {$gt: 90}})

• Greater than equals to

db.comments.find({member_since: {$gte: 90}})

These are all basic MongoDb commands