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

updated; removed previous because it wasn't correct

It looks like you can also do it with db.notes.save(...), which returns the _id after it performs the insert.

See for more info: http://api.mongodb.org/python/current/api/pymongo/collection.html