How to get the object id in PyMongo after an insert?

Question

I\'m doing a simple insert into Mongo...

db.notes.insert({ title: \"title\", details: \"note details\"})

After the note document is inserte

Answer 1

One of the cool things about MongoDB is that the ids are generated client side.

This means you don't even have to ask the server what the id was, because you told it what to save in the first place. Using pymongo the return value of an insert will be the object id. Check it out:

>>> import pymongo
>>> collection = pymongo.Connection()['test']['tyler']
>>> _id = collection.insert({"name": "tyler"})
>>> print _id
4f0b2f55096f7622f6000000