MongoDB – limit() and skip() method

In this we are going to learn about limit() and skip() method.

limit() method in MongoDB :

It is used to limit the response on a particular query. −

 
\\Syntax:- limit the number of documents
db.collection_name.find().limit(number_of_documents)
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\\ Example
> db.employee.find().pretty()
{
"_id" : ObjectId("59bf63380be1d7770c3982af"),
"employee_name" : "Rajesh",
"employee_id" : 2002,
"employee_age" : 24
}
{
"_id" : ObjectId("59bf63500be1d7770c3982b0"),
"employee_name" : "Jugal",
"employee_id" : 2003,
"employee_age" : 25
}
{
"_id" : ObjectId("59bf63650be1d7770c3982b1"),
"employee_name" : "Yash",
"employee_id" : 2004,
"employee_age" : 23
}
\\Using limit() method to limit the documents in the result:
> db.employee.find({employee_id : {$gt:2002}}).limit(1).pretty()
{
"_id" : ObjectId("59bf63500be1d7770c3982b0"),
"employee_name" : "Jugal",
"employee_id" : 2003,
"employee_age" : 25
}

In this example the limit command is used to set the limit of the response because the limit is set to 1 so the output response is also 1.

skip() method in MongoDB :

It is used to skip the number of documents returned in the query result. . −

 
\\ Without using skip()
> db.employee.find({employee_id : {$gt:2002}}).limit(1).pretty()
{
"_id" : ObjectId("59bf63500be1d7770c3982b0"),
"employee_name" : "Jugal",
"employee_id" : 2003,
"employee_age" : 25
}
\\Using skip:
> db.employee.find({employee_id : {$gt:2002}}).limit(1).skip(1).pretty()
{
"_id" : ObjectId("59bf63650be1d7770c3982b1"),
"employee_name" : "Yash",
"employee_id" : 2004,
"employee_age" : 23
}

In the above example when we do not use skip than the output is employee_id: 2003, but when we use skip then the employee_id: 2003 is skipped and the output will print employee_id: 2004.

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