Usage Examples
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Overview
Usage examples show runnable code examples to demonstrate frequently used MongoDB operations. Each usage example includes the following components:
Explanation of the MongoDB operation
Example code that you can run from an application controller
Output displayed by the print statement
How to Use the Usage Examples
To learn how to add a usage example to your Laravel application and view the expected output, see the following sections:
Before You Get Started
You can run the usage examples from your own Laravel application or from the
my-app application created in the Quick Start guide.
The usage examples are designed to run operations on a MongoDB deployment that contains
the MongoDB Atlas sample datasets. Before running the usage examples, ensure that you load
the sample data into the MongoDB cluster to which your application connects. Otherwise, the
operation output might not match the text included in the VIEW OUTPUT tab of
the usage example page.
Unless otherwise mentioned, usage examples use the Movie.php model class
created in the Quick Start to demonstrate operations on the movies MongoDB
collection.
Tip
For instructions on loading the sample data into a MongoDB cluster, see Load Sample Data in the Atlas documentation.
Run the Usage Example
Each usage example page includes sample code that demonstrates a MongoDB operation and prints a result. To run the operation, you can copy the sample code to a controller endpoint in your Laravel application.
To view the expected output of the operation, you can add a web route to your application that calls the controller function and returns the result to a web interface.
Usage Example List
See code examples of the following operations in this section: