Friday, May 1, 2020

Nodejs MongoDB Sort the Results

Nodejs MongoDB


This article describes,

  • Sorting the Result
  • Ascending/Descending Sort
  • Limit the Results
You need to read the Nodejs MongoDB Query before this tutorial.

Sort the Result


Cursor.sort(sort) method can be used to sort the results in ascending or descending order. Cursor.sort(sort) method takes a single parameter of type document to define the sorting order.

The syntax of the method sort is 

 { field : value } 

Ascending/Descending Sort


We can specify in the sort parameter the field or fields to sort. They can be provided a value of 1 or -1 to represent the order of sorting (ascending order represented by 1 or descending order represented by -1).

For example sorting our collection having the name, dept, and salary fields in ascending order (according to the name alphabetically).


const MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
const url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/";

MongoClient.connect(url, function(error, database) {
  if (error) throw error;
  var dbo = database.db("testdb");
var srt={name:1};//Sorting the collection by field 'name' in ascending
  dbo.collection("employee").find({}).sort(srt).toArray(function(error, result) {
    if (error) throw error;
        console.log('Name \t Dept \t Salary');
    for(doc of result)
    console.log(doc.name+'\t'+doc.dept+'\t'+doc.salary);
    database.close();
  });
});

Output:
Name     Dept    Salary
Aarushi Marketing       10500
Akash   HR      17500
Alex    Sales   12500
Ankit   Sales   13600
Deepika HR      13600
Jhony   HR      10000
Krish   Marketing       17500
Shiva   Sales   15000
Vipin   Marketing       10500
Viraj   Marketing       20000

OR 

Sorting the same in descending order.

const MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
const url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/";

MongoClient.connect(url, function(error, database) {
  if (error) throw error;
  var dbo = database.db("testdb");
var srt={name:-1};//Sorting the collection by field 'name' in descending
  dbo.collection("employee").find({}).sort(srt).toArray(function(error, result) {
    if (error) throw error;
        console.log('Name \t Dept \t Salary');
    for(doc of result)
    console.log(doc.name+'\t'+doc.dept+'\t'+doc.salary);
    database.close();
  });
});

Output:
Name     Dept    Salary
Viraj   Marketing       20000
Vipin   Marketing       10500
Shiva   Sales   15000
Krish   Marketing       17500
Jhony   HR      10000
Deepika HR      13600
Ankit   Sales   13600
Alex    Sales   12500
Akash   HR      17500
Aarushi Marketing       10500

OR
Sorting the same collection according to the salary field.

const MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
const url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/";

MongoClient.connect(url, function(error, database) {
  if (error) throw error;
  var dbo = database.db("testdb");
var srt={salary:1};//Sorting the collection by field 'salary' in ascending
  dbo.collection("employee").find({}).sort(srt).toArray(function(error, result) {
    if (error) throw error;
        console.log('Name \t Dept \t Salary');
    for(doc of result)
    console.log(doc.name+'\t'+doc.dept+'\t'+doc.salary);
    database.close();
  });
});

Output:
Name     Dept    Salary
Jhony   HR      10000
Vipin   Marketing       10500
Aarushi Marketing       10500
Alex    Sales   12500
Ankit   Sales   13600
Deepika HR      13600
Shiva   Sales   15000
Akash   HR      17500
Krish   Marketing       17500
Viraj   Marketing       20000

Limiting the result

We can use the limit(<number>) method to limit the number of documents returned by the cursor. Here, the number is the number of results.

This method can improve the performance of the query significantly. The limit() method is similar to the LIMIT statement in SQL.

The syntax of limit() method is,

db.collection.find(<query>).limit(<number>)
For example,
const MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
const url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/";

MongoClient.connect(url, function(error, database) {
  if (error) throw error;
  var dbo = database.db("testdb");
var srt={salary:1,name:1};//Sorting the collection
  dbo.collection("employee").find({}).limit(5).sort(srt).toArray(function(error, result) {
    if (error) throw error;
        console.log('Name \t Dept \t Salary');
    for(doc of result)
    console.log(doc.name+'\t'+doc.dept+'\t'+doc.salary);
    database.close();
  });
});


Output:
Name     Dept    Salary
Jhony   HR      10000
Aarushi Marketing       10500
Vipin   Marketing       10500
Alex    Sales   12500
Ankit   Sales   13600



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