Retrieve Distinct Values of a Field

Example

The following example performs the following on the movies collection:

• Matches documents in which the directors contains "Natalie Portman"

• Returns distinct values of the title from the matched documents

coll := client.Database("sample_mflix").Collection("movies")
filter := bson.D{{"directors", "Natalie Portman"}}
results, err := coll.Distinct(context.TODO(), "title", filter)
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}	

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Expected Result

After you run the full example, it returns an empty slice of an interface type that contains the following values:

 A Tale of Love and Darkness
 New York, I Love You

Additional Information

To learn more about retrieving distinct values, see Retrieve Distinct Values.