The answer depends on the driver you’re using. All MongoDB drivers I know have cursor.forEach()
implemented one way or another.
Here are some examples:
node-mongodb-native
collection.find(query).forEach(function(doc) {
// handle
}, function(err) {
// done or error
});
mongojs
db.collection.find(query).forEach(function(err, doc) {
// handle
});
monk
collection.find(query, { stream: true })
.each(function(doc){
// handle doc
})
.error(function(err){
// handle error
})
.success(function(){
// final callback
});
mongoose
collection.find(query).stream()
.on('data', function(doc){
// handle doc
})
.on('error', function(err){
// handle error
})
.on('end', function(){
// final callback
});
Updating documents inside of .forEach
callback
The only problem with updating documents inside of .forEach
callback is that you have no idea when all documents are updated.
To solve this problem you should use some asynchronous control flow solution. Here are some options:
Here is an example of using async
, using its queue
feature:
var q = async.queue(function (doc, callback) {
// code for your update
collection.update({
_id: doc._id
}, {
$set: {hi: 'there'}
}, {
w: 1
}, callback);
}, Infinity);
var cursor = collection.find(query);
cursor.each(function(err, doc) {
if (err) throw err;
if (doc) q.push(doc); // dispatching doc to async.queue
});
q.drain = function() {
if (cursor.isClosed()) {
console.log('all items have been processed');
db.close();
}
}