Identify last document from MongoDB find() result set?

To identify the last document from MongoDB find() result set, you can use sort() in descending order. The syntax is as follows −

db.yourCollectionName.find().sort( { _id : -1 } ).limit(1).pretty();

To understand the above syntax, let us create a collection with the document. The query to create a collection with a document is as follows −

> db.identifyLastDocuementDemo.insertOne({"UserName":"Larry","UserAge":24,"UserCountryName":"US"});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c94a2ff4cf1f7a64fa4df57")
}
> db.identifyLastDocuementDemo.insertOne({"UserName":"Chris","UserAge":21,"UserCountryName":"UK"});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c94a3094cf1f7a64fa4df58")
}
> db.identifyLastDocuementDemo.insertOne({"UserName":"David","UserAge":25,"UserCountryName":"AUS"});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c94a3174cf1f7a64fa4df59")
}
> db.identifyLastDocuementDemo.insertOne({"UserName":"Sam","UserAge":26,"UserCountryName":"US"});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c94a3224cf1f7a64fa4df5a")
}
> db.identifyLastDocuementDemo.insertOne({"UserName":"Mike","UserAge":27,"UserCountryName":"AUS"});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c94a32e4cf1f7a64fa4df5b")
}
> db.identifyLastDocuementDemo.insertOne({"UserName":"Carol","UserAge":28,"UserCountryName":"UK"});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c94a33c4cf1f7a64fa4df5c")
}

Display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method. The query is as follows −

> db.identifyLastDocuementDemo.find().pretty();

The following is the output −

{
   "_id" : ObjectId("5c94a2ff4cf1f7a64fa4df57"),
   "UserName" : "Larry",
   "UserAge" : 24,
   "UserCountryName" : "US"
}
{
   "_id" : ObjectId("5c94a3094cf1f7a64fa4df58"),
   "UserName" : "Chris",
   "UserAge" : 21,
   "UserCountryName" : "UK"
}
{
   "_id" : ObjectId("5c94a3174cf1f7a64fa4df59"),
   "UserName" : "David",
   "UserAge" : 25,
   "UserCountryName" : "AUS"
}
{
   "_id" : ObjectId("5c94a3224cf1f7a64fa4df5a"),
   "UserName" : "Sam",
   "UserAge" : 26,
   "UserCountryName" : "US"
}
{
   "_id" : ObjectId("5c94a32e4cf1f7a64fa4df5b"),
   "UserName" : "Mike",
   "UserAge" : 27,
   "UserCountryName" : "AUS"
}
{
   "_id" : ObjectId("5c94a33c4cf1f7a64fa4df5c"),
   "UserName" : "Carol",
   "UserAge" : 28,
   "UserCountryName" : "UK"
}

Here is the query to identify the last document from MongoDB find() result set −

> db.identifyLastDocuementDemo.find().sort( { _id : -1 } ).limit(1).pretty();

The following is the output −

{
   "_id" : ObjectId("5c94a33c4cf1f7a64fa4df5c"),
   "UserName" : "Carol",
   "UserAge" : 28,
   "UserCountryName" : "UK"
}