Run a Command
You can run commands directly on your MongoDB server by using the
RunCommand() method.
Example
Tip
Read the Usage Examples to learn how to run this example.
The following example retrieves statistics about the
sample_restaurants database:
db := client.Database("sample_restaurants") command := bson.D{{"dbStats", 1}} var result bson.M err := db.RunCommand(context.TODO(), command).Decode(&result) if err != nil { panic(err) }
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Expected Result
After you run the full example, it returns a SingleResult type
that contains the following values:
// results truncated { "avgObjSize": 548.4101901854896, "collections": 2, "dataSize": 14014074, "db": "sample_restaurants", "indexSize": 286720, ..., }
Note
The result variable may vary depending on the contents of your
collection.