$setIntersection - Amazon DocumentDB
Example (MongoDB Shell)Code examples
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$setIntersection

The $setIntersection operator in Amazon DocumentDB is used to return the common elements between two or more arrays. This operator is particularly useful when working with sets of data, allowing you to find the intersection of multiple sets.

Parameters

  • array1: The first array to intersect.

  • array2: The second array to intersect.

  • arrayN: (optional) Additional arrays to intersect.

Example (MongoDB Shell)

The following example demonstrates how to use the $setIntersection operator to find the common elements between two arrays.

Create sample documents

db.collection.insertMany([
  { _id: 1, colors: ["red", "blue", "green"] },
  { _id: 2, colors: ["blue", "yellow", "orange"] },
  { _id: 3, colors: ["red", "green", "purple"] }
])

Query example

db.collection.aggregate([
  { $project: {
      _id: 1,
      commonColors: { $setIntersection: ["$colors", ["red", "blue", "green"]] }
    }
  }
])

Output

[
  { "_id": 1, "commonColors": ["red", "blue", "green"] },
  { "_id": 2, "commonColors": ["blue"] },
  { "_id": 3, "commonColors": ["red", "green"] }
]

Code examples

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Node.js
const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb');

async function example() {
  const client = await MongoClient.connect('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false');
  const db = client.db('test');
  const collection = db.collection('mycollection');

  const result = await collection.aggregate([
    {
      $project: {
        _id: 1,
        commonColors: { $setIntersection: ["$colors", ["red", "blue", "green"]] }
      }
    }
  ]).toArray();

  console.log(result);
  client.close();
}

example();
Python
from pymongo import MongoClient

def example():
    client = MongoClient('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false')
    db = client['test']
    collection = db['mycollection']

    result = list(collection.aggregate([
        {
            '$project': {
                '_id': 1,
                'commonColors': { '$setIntersection': ["$colors", ["red", "blue", "green"]] }
            }
        }
    ]))

    print(result)
    client.close()

example()