Taking sum of “column” in MongoDB

Question

In MySQL, I would simply go \"SELECT sum(pts) FROM table\" to get the sum of the pts column on the table. However, I am converting this application to MongoDB and cannot fin

Answer 1

Other answers have already given lot many sources. Just giving answer for asked question:

db.YOUR_COLLECTTION.aggregate([ { 
    $group: { 
        _id: null, 
        total: { 
            $sum: "$type" 
        } 
    } 
} ] )