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43 changes: 43 additions & 0 deletions source/includes/read/project.rb
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require 'bundler/inline'

gemfile do
source 'https://rubygems.org'
gem 'mongo'
end

uri = '<connection string>'

Mongo::Client.new(uri) do |client|
# Access database and collection
# start-db-coll
database = client.use('sample_restaurants')
collection = database[:restaurants]
# end-db-coll

# Retrieves documents matching the "name" field query
# and projects their "name", "cuisine", and "borough" values
# start-project-include
opts = { projection: { name: 1, cuisine: 1, borough: 1 } }
collection.find({ name: 'Emerald Pub' }, opts).each do |doc|
puts doc
end
# end-project-include

# Retrieves documents matching the "name" field query
# and projects their "name", "cuisine", and "borough" values while excluding the "_id" values
# start-project-include-without-id
opts = { projection: { name: 1, cuisine: 1, borough: 1, _id: 0 } }
collection.find({ name: 'Emerald Pub' }, opts).each do |doc|
puts doc
end
# end-project-include-without-id

# Retrieves documents matching the "name" field query
# and excludes their "grades" and "address" values when printing
# start-project-exclude
opts = { projection: { grades: 0, address: 0 } }
collection.find({ name: 'Emerald Pub' }, opts).each do |doc|
puts doc
end
# end-project-exclude
end
3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion source/read.txt
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:titlesonly:
:maxdepth: 1

Retrieve Data </read/retrieve>
Retrieve Data </read/retrieve>
Specify Fields to Return </read/project>
160 changes: 160 additions & 0 deletions source/read/project.txt
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.. _ruby-project:

========================
Specify Fields To Return
========================

.. contents:: On this page
:local:
:backlinks: none
:depth: 2
:class: singlecol

.. facet::
:name: genre
:values: reference

.. meta::
:keywords: read, filter, project, select, code example

Overview
--------

In this guide, you can learn how to use the {+driver-short+} to specify which fields
to return from a read operation by using a **projection**. A projection is a document
that specifies which fields MongoDB returns from a query.

Sample Data
~~~~~~~~~~~

The examples in this guide use the ``restaurants`` collection in the ``sample_restaurants``
database from the :atlas:`Atlas sample datasets </sample-data>`. To access this collection
from your {+language+} application, create a ``Mongo::Client`` object that connects to
an Atlas cluster and assign the following values to your ``database`` and ``collection``
variables:

.. literalinclude:: /includes/read/project.rb
:language: ruby
:dedent:
:start-after: start-db-coll
:end-before: end-db-coll

To learn how to create a free MongoDB Atlas cluster and load the sample datasets, see the
:atlas:`Get Started with Atlas </getting-started>` guide.

Projection Types
----------------

You can use a projection to specify which fields to include in a return
document, or to specify which fields to exclude. You cannot combine inclusion and
exclusion statements in a single projection, unless you are excluding the
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[s] Suggestion to reduce repetition:

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You can use a projection to specify which fields to include in a return
document, or to specify which fields to exclude. You cannot combine inclusion and
exclusion statements in a single projection, unless you are excluding the
You can use a projection to specify which fields to include or exclude in a return
document. You cannot combine inclusion and
exclusion statements in a single projection, unless you are excluding the

``_id`` field.

Specify Fields to Include
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To specify the fields to include in the result, specify the ``projection``
option in a parameter to the ``find`` method. To set this option, use the following syntax:
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[s] Can re-word a bit to avoid repetition of "specify", it's hard to do in this kind of doc but re-reading can make it hard to parse. Maybe something like:

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To specify the fields to include in the result, specify the ``projection``
option in a parameter to the ``find`` method. To set this option, use the following syntax:
To exclude specific fields from the result, specify the ``projection``
option in a parameter to the ``find`` method. To set this option, use the following syntax:


.. code-block:: ruby

{ projection: { <field_name>: 1 } }

The following example uses the ``find`` method to find all restaurants in which the ``name``
field value is ``'Emerald Pub'``. Then, the code specifies the ``projection`` option
to instruct the find operation to return only the ``name``, ``cuisine``, and ``borough`` fields
of matching documents:

.. io-code-block::
:copyable:

.. input:: /includes/read/project.rb
:start-after: start-project-include
:end-before: end-project-include
:language: ruby
:dedent:

.. output::
:visible: false

{"_id"=>BSON::ObjectId('...'), "borough"=>"Manhattan", "cuisine"=>"American", "name"=>"Emerald Pub"}
{"_id"=>BSON::ObjectId('...'), "borough"=>"Queens", "cuisine"=>"American", "name"=>"Emerald Pub"}

When you use a projection to specify fields to include in the return
document, the ``_id`` field is also included by default. All other fields are
implicitly excluded. To remove the ``_id`` field from the return
document, you must :ref:`explicitly exclude it <ruby-project-remove-id>`.

.. _ruby-project-remove-id:

Exclude the ``_id`` Field
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

When specifying fields to include, you can also exclude the ``_id`` field from
the returned document.

The following example performs the same query as the preceding example but
excludes the ``_id`` field from the projection:

.. io-code-block::
:copyable:

.. input:: /includes/read/project.rb
:start-after: start-project-include-without-id
:end-before: end-project-include-without-id
:language: ruby
:dedent:

.. output::
:visible: false

{"borough"=>"Manhattan", "cuisine"=>"American", "name"=>"Emerald Pub"}
{"borough"=>"Queens", "cuisine"=>"American", "name"=>"Emerald Pub"}

Specify Fields to Exclude
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To specify the fields to exclude from the result, specify the ``projection``
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[s] Similar to the above, but just a suggestion!

option in a parameter to the ``find`` method. To set this option, use the
following syntax:

.. code-block:: ruby

{ projection: { <field_name>: 0 } }

The following example uses the ``find`` method to find all restaurants in which the ``name``
field value is ``'Emerald Pub'``. Then, the code uses the ``projection`` option
to instruct the find operation to omit the ``name`` and ``address`` fields
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[i] The code example uses grades here, so can update description or code example to match.

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oops thanks for catching!

in the result:

.. io-code-block::
:copyable:

.. input:: /includes/read/project.rb
:start-after: start-project-exclude
:end-before: end-project-exclude
:language: ruby
:dedent:

.. output::
:visible: false

{"_id"=>BSON::ObjectId('...'), "borough"=>"Manhattan", "cuisine"=>"American",
"name"=>"Emerald Pub", "restaurant_id"=>"40367329"}
{"_id"=>BSON::ObjectId('...'), "borough"=>"Queens", "cuisine"=>"American",
"name"=>"Emerald Pub", "restaurant_id"=>"40668598"}

When you use a projection to specify which fields to exclude,
any unspecified fields are implicitly included in the return document.

Additional Information
----------------------

To learn more about projections, see the :manual:`Project Fields
</tutorial/project-fields-from-query-results/>` guide in the {+mdb-server+} manual.

API Documentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To learn more about the ``find`` method, see the `API documentation.
<{+api-root+}/Mongo/Collection.html#find-instance_method>`__
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