MongoDB return True if document exists

Question

I want to return true if a userID already exists and false otherwise from my collection.I have this function but it always returns True.

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Answer 1

I guess am very late to post the solution. Anyways i have encountered same problem today and following worked for me. Hope this help to others.

return db.mycollection.find({'UserIDS': newID}).count > 0