How to find duplicate values in mongodb using distinct query? - node.js

Question

I am working on Mongodb distinct query, i have one collection with repeated entry, i am doing as per the created_at. But i want to fetch without repeated values.
Sample JSON
{
"posts": [{
"id": "580a2eb915a0161010c2a562",
"name": "\"Ah Me Joy\" Porter",
"created_at": "15-10-2016"
}, {
"id": "580a2eb915a0161010c2a562",
"name": "\"Ah Me Joy\" Porter",
"created_at": "25-10-2016"
}, {
"id": "580a2eb915a0161010c2a562",
"name": "\"Ah Me Joy\" Porter",
"created_at": "01-10-2016"
}, {
"id": "580a2eb915a0161010c2bf572",
"name": "Hello All",
"created_at": "05-10-2016"
}]
}
Mongodb Query
db.getCollection('posts').find({"id" : ObjectId("580a2eb915a0161010c2a562")})
So i want to know about distinct query of mongodb, please kindly go through my post and let me know.

Answer 1

try as follows:
db.getCollection('posts').distinct("id")
It will return all the unique IDs in the collection posts as follows:
["580a2eb915a0161010c2a562", "580a2eb915a0161010c2bf572"]
From MongoDB docs:
The example use the inventory collection that contains the following documents:
{ "_id": 1, "dept": "A", "item": { "sku": "111", "color": "red" }, "sizes": [ "S", "M" ] }
{ "_id": 2, "dept": "A", "item": { "sku": "111", "color": "blue" }, "sizes": [ "M", "L" ] }
{ "_id": 3, "dept": "B", "item": { "sku": "222", "color": "blue" }, "sizes": "S" }
{ "_id": 4, "dept": "A", "item": { "sku": "333", "color": "black" }, "sizes": [ "S" ] }
To Return Distinct Values for a Field (dept):
db.inventory.distinct( "dept" )
The method returns the following array of distinct dept values:
[ "A", "B" ]
Reference:
https://docs.mongodb.com/v3.2/reference/method/db.collection.distinct/

Answer 2

As per my understanding, you want to get distinct results which should eliminates the duplicate id in that collection
By using distinct in mongodb, It will return list of distinct values
db.getCollection('posts').distinct("id");
["580a2eb915a0161010c2a562", "580a2eb915a0161010c2bf572"]
So you should look into mongodb aggregation
db.posts.aggregate(
{ "$group" : { "_id" : "$id", "name" : {"$first" : "$name"}, "created_at" : {"$first" : "$created_at"} }}
)
The output will be list of results which eliminates the duplicate id documents