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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.

Additional Information

API Documentation

RunCommand()

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