>>> import pymongo >>> client = pymongo.MongoClient("localhost", 27017) >>> db = client.test >>> db.name u'test' >>> db.my_collection Collection(Database(MongoClient('localhost', 27017), u'test'), u'my_collection') >>> db.my_collection.insert_one({"x": 10}).inserted_id ObjectId('4aba15ebe23f6b53b0000000') >>> db.my_collection.insert_one({"x": 8}).inserted_id ObjectId('4aba160ee23f6b543e000000') >>> db.my_collection.insert_one({"x": 11}).inserted_id ObjectId('4aba160ee23f6b543e000002') >>> db.my_collection.find_one() {u'x': 10, u'_id': ObjectId('4aba15ebe23f6b53b0000000')} >>> for item in db.my_collection.find(): ...     print(item["x"]) ... 10 8 11 >>> db.my_collection.create_index("x") u'x_1' >>> for item in db.my_collection.find().sort("x", pymongo.ASCENDING): ...     print(item["x"]) ... 8 10 11 >>> [item["x"] for item in db.my_collection.find().limit(2).skip(1)] [8, 11]


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