Documentation api and reference cleanups
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@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Django provides session cookie, which expires after ```SESSION_COOKIE_AGE``` sec
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Storage
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=======
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With MongoEngine's support for GridFS via the :class:`~mongoengine.FileField`,
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With MongoEngine's support for GridFS via the :class:`~mongoengine.fields.FileField`,
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it is useful to have a Django file storage backend that wraps this. The new
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storage module is called :class:`~mongoengine.django.storage.GridFSStorage`.
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Using it is very similar to using the default FileSystemStorage.::
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@ -62,31 +62,31 @@ not provided. Default values may optionally be a callable, which will be called
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to retrieve the value (such as in the above example). The field types available
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are as follows:
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* :class:`~mongoengine.BinaryField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.BooleanField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.ComplexDateTimeField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.DateTimeField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.DecimalField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.DictField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.DynamicField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.EmailField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.EmbeddedDocumentField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.FileField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.FloatField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.GenericEmbeddedDocumentField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.GenericReferenceField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.GeoPointField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.ImageField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.IntField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.ListField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.MapField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.ObjectIdField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.ReferenceField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.SequenceField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.SortedListField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.StringField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.URLField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.UUIDField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.BinaryField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.BooleanField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ComplexDateTimeField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.DateTimeField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.DecimalField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.DictField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.DynamicField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.EmailField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.EmbeddedDocumentField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.FileField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.FloatField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.GenericEmbeddedDocumentField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.GenericReferenceField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.GeoPointField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ImageField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.IntField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ListField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.MapField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ObjectIdField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.SequenceField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.SortedListField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.StringField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.URLField`
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* :class:`~mongoengine.fields.UUIDField`
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Field arguments
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---------------
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@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ arguments can be set on all fields:
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The definion of default parameters follow `the general rules on Python
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<http://docs.python.org/reference/compound_stmts.html#function-definitions>`__,
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which means that some care should be taken when dealing with default mutable objects
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(like in :class:`~mongoengine.ListField` or :class:`~mongoengine.DictField`)::
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(like in :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ListField` or :class:`~mongoengine.fields.DictField`)::
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class ExampleFirst(Document):
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# Default an empty list
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@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ arguments can be set on all fields:
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List fields
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-----------
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MongoDB allows the storage of lists of items. To add a list of items to a
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:class:`~mongoengine.Document`, use the :class:`~mongoengine.ListField` field
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type. :class:`~mongoengine.ListField` takes another field object as its first
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:class:`~mongoengine.Document`, use the :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ListField` field
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type. :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ListField` takes another field object as its first
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argument, which specifies which type elements may be stored within the list::
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class Page(Document):
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@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ inherit from :class:`~mongoengine.EmbeddedDocument` rather than
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content = StringField()
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To embed the document within another document, use the
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:class:`~mongoengine.EmbeddedDocumentField` field type, providing the embedded
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:class:`~mongoengine.fields.EmbeddedDocumentField` field type, providing the embedded
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document class as the first argument::
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class Page(Document):
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@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ Dictionary Fields
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Often, an embedded document may be used instead of a dictionary -- generally
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this is recommended as dictionaries don't support validation or custom field
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types. However, sometimes you will not know the structure of what you want to
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store; in this situation a :class:`~mongoengine.DictField` is appropriate::
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store; in this situation a :class:`~mongoengine.fields.DictField` is appropriate::
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class SurveyResponse(Document):
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date = DateTimeField()
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@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ other objects, so are the most flexible field type available.
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Reference fields
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----------------
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References may be stored to other documents in the database using the
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:class:`~mongoengine.ReferenceField`. Pass in another document class as the
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:class:`~mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField`. Pass in another document class as the
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first argument to the constructor, then simply assign document objects to the
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field::
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@ -245,9 +245,9 @@ field::
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The :class:`User` object is automatically turned into a reference behind the
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scenes, and dereferenced when the :class:`Page` object is retrieved.
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To add a :class:`~mongoengine.ReferenceField` that references the document
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To add a :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField` that references the document
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being defined, use the string ``'self'`` in place of the document class as the
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argument to :class:`~mongoengine.ReferenceField`'s constructor. To reference a
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argument to :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField`'s constructor. To reference a
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document that has not yet been defined, use the name of the undefined document
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as the constructor's argument::
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@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ Its value can take any of the following constants:
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:const:`mongoengine.PULL`
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Removes the reference to the object (using MongoDB's "pull" operation)
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from any object's fields of
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:class:`~mongoengine.ListField` (:class:`~mongoengine.ReferenceField`).
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:class:`~mongoengine.fields.ListField` (:class:`~mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField`).
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.. warning::
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Generic reference fields
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''''''''''''''''''''''''
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A second kind of reference field also exists,
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:class:`~mongoengine.GenericReferenceField`. This allows you to reference any
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:class:`~mongoengine.fields.GenericReferenceField`. This allows you to reference any
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kind of :class:`~mongoengine.Document`, and hence doesn't take a
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:class:`~mongoengine.Document` subclass as a constructor argument::
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.. note::
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Using :class:`~mongoengine.GenericReferenceField`\ s is slightly less
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efficient than the standard :class:`~mongoengine.ReferenceField`\ s, so if
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Using :class:`~mongoengine.fields.GenericReferenceField`\ s is slightly less
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efficient than the standard :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField`\ s, so if
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you will only be referencing one document type, prefer the standard
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:class:`~mongoengine.ReferenceField`.
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:class:`~mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField`.
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Uniqueness constraints
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----------------------
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MongoEngine allows you to specify that a field should be unique across a
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collection by providing ``unique=True`` to a :class:`~mongoengine.Field`\ 's
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collection by providing ``unique=True`` to a :class:`~mongoengine.fields.Field`\ 's
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constructor. If you try to save a document that has the same value for a unique
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field as a document that is already in the database, a
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:class:`~mongoengine.OperationError` will be raised. You may also specify
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------------------
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Geospatial indexes will be automatically created for all
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:class:`~mongoengine.GeoPointField`\ s
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:class:`~mongoengine.fields.GeoPointField`\ s
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It is also possible to explicitly define geospatial indexes. This is
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useful if you need to define a geospatial index on a subfield of a
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:class:`~mongoengine.DictField` or a custom field that contains a
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:class:`~mongoengine.fields.DictField` or a custom field that contains a
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point. To create a geospatial index you must prefix the field with the
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***** sign. ::
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Cascading Saves
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If your document contains :class:`~mongoengine.ReferenceField` or
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:class:`~mongoengine.GenericReferenceField` objects, then by default the
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If your document contains :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField` or
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:class:`~mongoengine.fields.GenericReferenceField` objects, then by default the
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:meth:`~mongoengine.Document.save` method will automatically save any changes to
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those objects as well. If this is not desired passing :attr:`cascade` as False
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to the save method turns this feature off.
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Writing
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-------
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GridFS support comes in the form of the :class:`~mongoengine.FileField` field
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GridFS support comes in the form of the :class:`~mongoengine.fields.FileField` field
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object. This field acts as a file-like object and provides a couple of
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different ways of inserting and retrieving data. Arbitrary metadata such as
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content type can also be stored alongside the files. In the following example,
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Retrieval
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---------
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So using the :class:`~mongoengine.FileField` is just like using any other
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So using the :class:`~mongoengine.fields.FileField` is just like using any other
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field. The file can also be retrieved just as easily::
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marmot = Animal.objects(genus='Marmota').first()
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Streaming
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---------
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Streaming data into a :class:`~mongoengine.FileField` is achieved in a
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Streaming data into a :class:`~mongoengine.fields.FileField` is achieved in a
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slightly different manner. First, a new file must be created by calling the
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:func:`new_file` method. Data can then be written using :func:`write`::
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* ``match`` -- performs an $elemMatch so you can match an entire document within an array
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There are a few special operators for performing geographical queries, that
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may used with :class:`~mongoengine.GeoPointField`\ s:
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may used with :class:`~mongoengine.fields.GeoPointField`\ s:
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* ``within_distance`` -- provide a list containing a point and a maximum
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distance (e.g. [(41.342, -87.653), 5])
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On most fields, this syntax will look up documents where the field specified
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matches the given value exactly, but when the field refers to a
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:class:`~mongoengine.ListField`, a single item may be provided, in which case
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:class:`~mongoengine.fields.ListField`, a single item may be provided, in which case
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lists that contain that item will be matched::
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class Page(Document):
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Sometimes a subset of fields on a :class:`~mongoengine.Document` is required,
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and for efficiency only these should be retrieved from the database. This issue
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is especially important for MongoDB, as fields may often be extremely large
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(e.g. a :class:`~mongoengine.ListField` of
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(e.g. a :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ListField` of
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:class:`~mongoengine.EmbeddedDocument`\ s, which represent the comments on a
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blog post. To select only a subset of fields, use
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:meth:`~mongoengine.queryset.QuerySet.only`, specifying the fields you want to
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Getting related data
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--------------------
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When iterating the results of :class:`~mongoengine.ListField` or
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:class:`~mongoengine.DictField` we automatically dereference any
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When iterating the results of :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ListField` or
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:class:`~mongoengine.fields.DictField` we automatically dereference any
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:class:`~pymongo.dbref.DBRef` objects as efficiently as possible, reducing the
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number the queries to mongo.
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There are times when that efficiency is not enough, documents that have
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:class:`~mongoengine.ReferenceField` objects or
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:class:`~mongoengine.GenericReferenceField` objects at the top level are
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:class:`~mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField` objects or
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:class:`~mongoengine.fields.GenericReferenceField` objects at the top level are
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expensive as the number of queries to MongoDB can quickly rise.
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To limit the number of queries use
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square-bracket notation, and prefix the MongoEngine field name with a tilde.
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The field name that follows the tilde will be translated to the name used in
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the database. Note that when referring to fields on embedded documents,
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the name of the :class:`~mongoengine.EmbeddedDocumentField`, followed by a dot,
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the name of the :class:`~mongoengine.fields.EmbeddedDocumentField`, followed by a dot,
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should be used before the name of the field on the embedded document. The
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following example shows how the substitutions are made::
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link_url = StringField()
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We are storing a reference to the author of the posts using a
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:class:`~mongoengine.ReferenceField` object. These are similar to foreign key
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:class:`~mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField` object. These are similar to foreign key
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fields in traditional ORMs, and are automatically translated into references
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when they are saved, and dereferenced when they are loaded.
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author = ReferenceField(User)
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tags = ListField(StringField(max_length=30))
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The :class:`~mongoengine.ListField` object that is used to define a Post's tags
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The :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ListField` object that is used to define a Post's tags
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takes a field object as its first argument --- this means that you can have
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lists of any type of field (including lists).
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Handling deletions of references
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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The :class:`~mongoengine.ReferenceField` object takes a keyword
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The :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField` object takes a keyword
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`reverse_delete_rule` for handling deletion rules if the reference is deleted.
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To delete all the posts if a user is deleted set the rule::
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tags = ListField(StringField(max_length=30))
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comments = ListField(EmbeddedDocumentField(Comment))
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See :class:`~mongoengine.ReferenceField` for more information.
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See :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField` for more information.
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.. note::
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MapFields and DictFields currently don't support automatic handling of
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p._mark_as_dirty('friends')
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p.save()
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`An example test migration is available on github
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<https://github.com/MongoEngine/mongoengine/blob/master/tests/migration/refrencefield_dbref_to_object_id.py>`_.
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UUIDField
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---------
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a._mark_as_dirty('uuid')
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a.save()
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`An example test migration is available on github
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<https://github.com/MongoEngine/mongoengine/blob/master/tests/migration/uuidfield_to_binary.py>`_.
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DecimalField
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------------
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p.save()
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.. note:: DecimalField's have also been improved with the addition of precision
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and rounding. See :class:`~mongoengine.DecimalField` for more information.
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and rounding. See :class:`~mongoengine.fields.DecimalField` for more information.
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`An example test migration is available on github
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<https://github.com/MongoEngine/mongoengine/blob/master/tests/migration/decimalfield_as_float.py>`_.
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Cascading Saves
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---------------
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way as an ordinary document but has expando style properties. Any data
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passed or set against the :class:`~mongoengine.DynamicDocument` that is
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not a field is automatically converted into a
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:class:`~mongoengine.DynamicField` and data can be attributed to that
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:class:`~mongoengine.fields.DynamicField` and data can be attributed to that
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field.
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.. note::
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* NULLIFY - Updates the reference to null.
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* CASCADE - Deletes the documents associated with the reference.
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* DENY - Prevent the deletion of the reference object.
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* PULL - Pull the reference from a :class:`~mongoengine.ListField`
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* PULL - Pull the reference from a :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ListField`
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of references
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Alternative syntax for registering delete rules (useful when implementing
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""")
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for result in self.map_reduce(map_func, reduce_func,
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finalize_f=finalize_func, output='inline'):
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finalize_f=finalize_func, output='inline'):
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return result.value
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.. note::
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Can only do direct simple mappings and cannot map across
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:class:`~mongoengine.ReferenceField` or
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:class:`~mongoengine.GenericReferenceField` for more complex
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:class:`~mongoengine.fields.ReferenceField` or
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:class:`~mongoengine.fields.GenericReferenceField` for more complex
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counting a manual map reduce call would is required.
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If the field is a :class:`~mongoengine.ListField`, the items within
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If the field is a :class:`~mongoengine.fields.ListField`, the items within
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each list will be counted individually.
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:param field: the field to use
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