Useful MongoDB commands | More like a cheatsheet for easy reference

CheetSheet.md

Create DB

use dataase_name

You will have to insert a value inorder for the db to get showcased in show dbs command.

Show Commands

show dbs # To see all the database names

show collections # To see all the collection names 
db.getCollectionNames()

Creating & Inserting key-value in a Collections

db.createCollection("NameOfTheCollection")

# Automatically adds an id to the document
db.createCollection("NameOfTheCollection", {autoIndexId : true})

db.NameOftheCollection.insert({"key":"value"})

To see the content of the collections

db.collectionName.find()
db.collectionName.find().pretty()

db.collectionName.find({key : {$eq : value}}).pretty() # Search for a particular key

db.AutoIDActor.count() # Count the number of collections 

Will make this list more comprehensive on the fly