dbref – Tools for manipulating DBRefs (references to documents stored in MongoDB)

Tools for manipulating DBRefs (references to MongoDB documents).

class bson.dbref.DBRef(collection, id, database=None, _extra=None, **kwargs)

Initialize a new DBRef.

Raises TypeError if collection or database is not an instance of str. database is optional and allows references to documents to work across databases. Any additional keyword arguments will create additional fields in the resultant embedded document.

Parameters:

  • collection (str) – name of the collection the document is stored in

  • id (Any) – the value of the document’s "_id" field

  • database (Optional[str]) – name of the database to reference

  • kwargs (Any) – additional keyword arguments will create additional, custom fields

  • _extra (Optional[Mapping[str, Any]])

See also

The MongoDB documentation on dbrefs.

as_doc()

Get the SON document representation of this DBRef.

Generally not needed by application developers

Return type:

SON[str, Any]

property collection: str

Get the name of this DBRef’s collection.

property database: str | None

Get the name of this DBRef’s database.

Returns None if this DBRef doesn’t specify a database.

property id: Any

Get this DBRef’s _id.