get list of documents from mongo db code example

Example 1: see number of documents in mongodb collection

db.collection.count()

Example 2: mongo console find by id

db.collection.find({_id:ObjectId('5e208c18d598b806c869ca37')}).pretty()

Example 3: get all data in collection mongodb

db.collection_name.find().pretty()

Example 4: operator to return specific data of a mongodb query

db.inventory.find( { status: "A" }, { item: 1, status: 1 } )