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cursor.tryNext()

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cursor.tryNext()

Important

mongosh Method

This page documents a mongosh method. This is not the documentation for a language-specific driver, such as Node.js.

For MongoDB API drivers, refer to the language-specific MongoDB driver documentation.

Returns:The next document in the cursor returned by the db.collection.find() method or null.

Compatibility

This method is available in deployments hosted in the following environments:

  • MongoDB Atlas: The fully managed service for MongoDB deployments in the cloud

Note

This command is supported in all MongoDB Atlas clusters. For information on Atlas support for all commands, see Unsupported Commands.

Behavior

cursor.tryNext() is a special case of the cursor.next() method that returns the next element in the iteration if available or else null.

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