system.mongodb.updateMany

This function is used in Python Scripting.

note

Project Library scripts will not provide hints for MongoDB system functions unless the Script Hint Scope is set to Gateway. See the Scripting in Ignition page for more details on scripting hints.

Description

Updates all documents in the collection that match the filter.

Client Permission Restrictions

This scripting function has no Client Permission restrictions.

Syntax

system.mongodb.updateMany(connector, collection, filter, updates, [options])

Parameters

Type	Parameter	Description
String	connector	The name of connector (case-insensitive).
String	collection	The name of collection (case-sensitive).
PyDictionary	filter	A PyDictionary for specifying matching key value pair criteria when querying a collection.
PyDictionary	List[PyDictionary]	updates
PyDictionary	options	A PyDictionary for including additional update configurations. [optional].

Returns

PyDictionary result - Result of update action formatted as a PyDictionary with keys ‘acknowledged’, ‘modifiedCount’, ‘matchedCount’, and ‘upsertedId’.

Scope

Gateway, Perspective Session

Importing Classes

You can import classes from system.mongodb.types like you would other Python classes:

Example

from system.mongodb.types import ObjectId
 
newObjectId = ObjectId.get()

You can also iterate those system.mongodb.types packages to see all available classes:

Example

for d in dir(system.mongodb.types):
    print d

API Docs

MongoDB-specific data types come from the org.bson.types package of the Mongo Java Driver API. The library of classes available for import can be accessed at this link: Mongo Java Driver 3.6.0 API Docs for Package org.bson.types.

Types References

The following values can be referenced for the types parameter at system.mongodb.types:

Binary
Code
CodeWScope
CodeWithScope
Decimal128
INSTANCE
MaxKey
MinKey
ObjectId
Symbol
Timestamp

Code Examples

Example #1

# Specify unique field values to locate specific document. Here we are locating documents with the field 'limit' equal to 9000.
filter = {"limit": 9000}
  
# Specify document fields to update for found BSON document(s). 'limits' is an existing field on the document.
updates = [
            {"$set":
                {
                    "limit": 10000
                }
            }
        ]
    
# Apply parameters for function call.
print system.mongodb.updateMany("MongoDB", "accounts", filter, updates)