mongo get last record code example

Example 1: get the last N records in mongodb

In order to get last N records you can execute below query:

db.yourcollectionname.find({$query: {}, $orderby: {$natural : -1}}).limit(yournumber)
if you want only one last record:

db.yourcollectionname.findOne({$query: {}, $orderby: {$natural : -1}})

Example 2: mongodb shell query last document

db.collection.find().limit(1).sort({$natural:-1})

Example 3: get the latest field in mongodb collection

> db.collection.findOne().sort({'_id':-1}).limit(1)

It work perfectly !