How do I update a Mongo document after inserting it?

Question

Let\'s say I insert the document.

post = { some dictionary }
mongo_id = mycollection.insert(post)

Now, let\'s say I want to add a field and

Answer 1

In pymongo you can update with:
mycollection.update({'_id':mongo_id}, {"$set": post}, upsert=False)
Upsert parameter will insert instead of updating if the post is not found in the database.
Documentation is available at mongodb site.

UPDATE For version > 3 use update_one instead of update:

mycollection.update_one({'_id':mongo_id}, {"$set": post}, upsert=False)