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How to remove a single document from MongoDB using Go

I am new in golang and MongoDb. How can I delete a single document identified by "name" from a collection in MongoDB? Thanks in Advance

Solution

  • The following example demonstrates how to delete a single document with the name "Foo Bar" from a people collection in test database on localhost, it uses the Remove() method from the API:

    // Get session
session, err := mgo.Dial("localhost")
if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("dial fail %v\n", err)
    os.Exit(1)
}
defer session.Close()

// Error check on every access
session.SetSafe(&mgo.Safe{})

// Get collection
collection := session.DB("test").C("people")

// Delete record
err = collection.Remove(bson.M{"name": "Foo Bar"})
if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("remove fail %v\n", err)
    os.Exit(1)
}