MongoDB query language for in-memory objects
$ npm install mingo
- Supports dot notation for both
<array>.<index>and<document>.<field>selectors - Query and Projection Operators
- Aggregation Framework Operators
- Supports aggregaion variables;
$$ROOT,$$CURRENT,$$DESCEND,$$PRUNE,$$KEEP,$$REMOVE,$$NOW - Filtering and aggregation using streaming.
For documentation on using query operators see mongodb
Browse package docs for modules.
// Use as es6 module
import mingo from "mingo";
// or vanilla nodeJS
const mingo = require("mingo");The main module exports Aggregator, Query, aggregate(), find(), and remove(). Only Query and Projection operators are loaded by default when you require the main module. This is done using the side-effect module mingo/init/basic and automatically includes pipeline operators; $project, $skip, $limit, and $sort.
MongoDB query library is huge and you may not need all the operators. If using this library on the server-side where bundle size is not a concern, you can load all operators as shown below.
// Note that doing this effectively imports the entire library into your bundle and unused operators cannot be tree shaked
import "mingo/init/system";Or from the node CLI
node -r 'mingo/init/system' myscript.jsTo support tree-shaking for client side bundles, you can import and register specific operators that will be used in your application.
import { useOperators, OperatorType } from "mingo/core";
import { $trunc } from "mingo/operators/expression/trunc";
import { $bucket } from "mingo/operators/pipeline/bucket";
useOperators(OperatorType.EXPRESSION, { $trunc });
useOperators(OperatorType.PIPELINE, { $bucket });const core = require("mingo/core");
const $trunc = require("mingo/operators/expression/trunc").$trunc;
const $bucket = require("mingo/operators/pipeline/bucket").$bucket;
const useOperators = core.useOperators;
const OperatorType = core.OperatorType;
useOperators(OperatorType.EXPRESSION, { $trunc: $trunc });
useOperators(OperatorType.PIPELINE, { $bucket: $bucket });import { Query } from "mingo";
// create a query with criteria
// find all grades for homework with score >= 50
let query = new Query({
type: "homework",
score: { $gte: 50 },
});
// test if an object matches query
query.test(doc);import { Query } from "mingo";
// input is either an Array or any iterable source (i.e Object{next:Function}) including ES6 generators.
let criteria = { score: { $gt: 10 } };
let query = new Query(criteria);
// filter collection with find()
let cursor = query.find(collection);
// alternatively use shorthand
// cursor = mingo.find(collection, criteria)
// sort, skip and limit by chaining
cursor.sort({ student_id: 1, score: -1 }).skip(100).limit(100);
// count matches. exhausts cursor
cursor.count();
// classic cursor iterator (old school)
while (cursor.hasNext()) {
console.log(cursor.next());
}
// ES6 iterators (new cool)
for (let value of cursor) {
console.log(value);
}
// all() to retrieve matched objects. exhausts cursor
cursor.all();To use the $jsonSchema operator, you must register your own JsonSchemaValidator in the options.
No default implementation is provided out of the box so users can use a library with their preferred schema format.
The example below uses Ajv to implement schema validation.
import { RawObject } from "mingo/types"
import { JsonSchemaValidator } from "mingo/core"
import Ajv, { Schema } from "ajv"
const jsonSchemaValidator: JsonSchemaValidator = (s: RawObject) => {
const ajv = new Ajv();
const v = ajv.compile(s as Schema);
return (o: RawObject) => (v(o) ? true : false);
};
const schema = {
type: "object",
required: ["item", "qty", "instock"],
properties: {
item: { type: "string" },
qty: { type: "integer" },
size: {
type: "object",
required: ["uom"],
properties: {
uom: { type: "string" },
h: { type: "number" },
w: { type: "number" },
},
},
instock: { type: "boolean" },
},
};
// queries documents using schema validation
find(docs, { $jsonSchema: schema }, {}, { jsonSchemaValidator }).all();Note: An error is thrown when the $jsonSchema operator is used without a the jsonSchemaValidator configured.
import { Aggregator } from "mingo/aggregator";
import { useOperators, OperatorType } from "mingo/core";
import { $match, $group } from "mingo/operators/pipeline";
import { $min } from "mingo/operators/accumulator";
// ensure the required operators are preloaded prior to using them.
useOperators(OperatorType.PIPELINE, { $match, $group });
useOperators(OperatorType.ACCUMULATOR, { $min });
let agg = new Aggregator([
{ $match: { type: "homework" } },
{ $group: { _id: "$student_id", score: { $min: "$score" } } },
{ $sort: { _id: 1, score: 1 } },
]);
// return an iterator for streaming results
let stream = agg.stream(collection);
// return all results. same as `stream.all()`
let result = agg.run(collection);Query and aggregation operations can be configured with options to enabled different features or customize how documents are processed. Some options are only relevant to specific operators and need not be specified if not required.
interface Options {
/** The key that is used to lookup the ID value of a document. @default "_id" */
readonly idKey?: string;
/** The collation specification for string sorting operations. */
readonly collation?: CollationSpec;
/** Determines how to treat inputs and outputs. @default ProcessingMode.CLONE_OFF */
readonly processingMode?: ProcessingMode;
/**
* Enforces strict MongoDB compatibilty. See readme for differences. @default true.
* When disabled, the $elemMatch projection operator returns all matching nested documents instead of only the first.
*/
readonly useStrictMode?: boolean;
/**
* Enables or disables custom script execution.
* When disabled, you cannot use operations that execute custom code, such as the $where, $accumulator, and $function.
* @default true
*/
readonly scriptEnabled?: boolean;
/** Hash function to replace the somewhat weaker default implementation. */
readonly hashFunction?: HashFunction;
/** Function to resolve strings to arrays for use with operators that reference other collections such as; `$lookup`, `$out` and `$merge`. */
readonly collectionResolver?: CollectionResolver;
/** JSON schema validator to use with the '$jsonSchema' operator. This is required in order to use the operator. */
readonly jsonSchemaValidator?: JsonSchemaValidator;
}- There is no concept of a collection. Input data is either an array of objects or a generator function to support streaming.
- Does not support server specific operators. E.g.
$collStat,$planCacheStats,$listSessions. - Does not support GeoJSON query operators.
- Does not support query operators;
$comment,$meta,$text. - Does not support aggregation expression operators;
$toObjectId,$binarySize,bsonSize. - Agregation pipeline operator
$mergeenforces unique constraint on the lookup field at runtime. - Custom function evaluation operators;
$where,$function, and$accumulator, do not accept strings as the function body. - Custom function evaluation operators are enabled by default. They can be disabled with the
scriptEnabledoption. - Custom function evaluation operator $accumulator does not support the
mergeoption. - The
$jsonSchemaoperator requires the user to register their own validator using thejsonSchemaValidatoroption.
- Better alternative to writing custom code for transforming collection of objects
- Quick validation of MongoDB queries without the need for a database
- MongoDB query language is among the best in the market and is well documented
- Squash changes into one commit
- Run
npm testto build and execute unit tests - Submit pull request
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