MongoDb: Benefit of using ObjectID vs a string containing an Id?

Question

Is there any benefit to storing an id to a related document as an ObjectId versus storing it as a string literal?

Using ObjectID:

{
   \"_id\": Objec         


        

Answer 1

In addition, ObjectId() has the following attribute and methods that you can use.

1. str - Returns the hexadecimal string representation of the object. as a Date.

2. ObjectId.toString() # Returns the JavaScript representation.

3. ObjectId.getTimestamp() # Returns the timestamp portion of the object

4. ObjectId.valueOf() # Returns the representation of the object as a hexadecimal string