getCollection()

MongoDB Driver Function Reference

Gets a collection by its name.
More information can be found in the corresponding entry of the MongoDB Manual.

db.getCollection("col") can be substituted by using db.col.

db.getCollection(<name>)

Arguments

<name>

Collection name

Return Value

Returns a collection.

Example

db.getCollection("employees").find();

Gets the employees collection and calls the find() method on the collection.

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