From f5e39c0064e52c03194e09a72c204c409a9ab5b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Hasselrot Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 10:25:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Allowed _id to be missing when converting to mongo --- mongoengine/base.py | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/mongoengine/base.py b/mongoengine/base.py index c8c162b4..fe942b10 100644 --- a/mongoengine/base.py +++ b/mongoengine/base.py @@ -407,11 +407,15 @@ class BaseDocument(object): value = getattr(self, field_name, None) if value is not None: data[field.db_field] = field.to_mongo(value) + else: + data[field.db_field] = None # Only add _cls and _types if allow_inheritance is not False if not (hasattr(self, '_meta') and self._meta.get('allow_inheritance', True) == False): data['_cls'] = self._class_name data['_types'] = self._superclasses.keys() + [self._class_name] + if hasattr(self, '_id') and not data['_id']: + del data['_id'] return data @classmethod