RethinkDB: .get() with just part of the uuid?

Question

Let's say this is the uuid of one of my documents in RethinkDB: 594a64ab-b78b-4838-a79f-318020a352a9

Normally, to retrieve the document, I do:

r.db("databasename").table("tablename").get('594a64ab-b78b-4838-a79f-318020a352a9')

Is there some way I can achieve the same thing with only some prefixing portion of the uuid? e.g. I want to do this:

r.db("databasename").table("tablename").getByPrefix('594a64ab-b78b')

Is this possible?

Answer 1

Another solution, including all the steps:

1/ Create test table

r.table('foo').insert([
  {foo: 1},
  {foo: 2},
  {foo: 3},
  {foo: 4},
  {foo: 5}
])

2/ List table content

r.table('foo')

Output:

[
  {"foo":4,"id":"3c6873af-0dfc-41d3-99ad-894bab981635"},
  {"foo":1,"id":"302baaa5-1443-408c-bb58-7970e71129ac"},
  {"foo":2,"id":"ca5ff9c2-8079-4a19-9cfc-4e7b0a834555"},
  {"foo":5,"id":"aabb6c38-710a-444c-a4ae-b8ee14b5e802"},
  {"foo":3,"id":"4fc2e6e8-9434-4fa9-831b-4208bc82fd35"}
]

3/ Create secondary index

r.table('foo').indexCreate('id_prefix', function(d){
  return d('id').slice(0, 13)
})

4/ List index content

r.table('foo').distinct({index:'id_prefix'})

Output:

["302baaa5-1443","3c6873af-0dfc","4fc2e6e8-9434","aabb6c38-710a","ca5ff9c2-8079"]

5/ Use the index to find the document(s) with prefix "4fc2e6e8-9434"

r.table('foo').getAll("4fc2e6e8-9434", {index:'id_prefix'})

Output

[{"foo":3,"id":"4fc2e6e8-9434-4fa9-831b-4208bc82fd35"}]

This is a longer setup and solution, BUT, on a table of for example several millions docs, it can really make it faster.