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<li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="../../index.html">PyMongo 3.7.2 documentation</a> »</li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-1"><a href="../index.html" accesskey="U">API Documentation</a> »</li> </ul> </div> <div class="document"> <div class="documentwrapper"> <div class="bodywrapper"> <div class="body" role="main"> <div class="section" id="module-gridfs"> <span id="gridfs-tools-for-working-with-gridfs"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-gridfs" title="gridfs: Tools for working with GridFS"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gridfs</span></code></a> – Tools for working with GridFS<a class="headerlink" href="#module-gridfs" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <p>GridFS is a specification for storing large objects in Mongo.</p> <p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-gridfs" title="gridfs: Tools for working with GridFS"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gridfs</span></code></a> package is an implementation of GridFS on top of <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/index.html#module-pymongo" title="pymongo: Python driver for MongoDB"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pymongo</span></code></a>, exposing a file-like interface.</p> <div class="admonition seealso"> <p class="first admonition-title">See also</p> <p class="admonition-title">The MongoDB documentation on</p> <p class="last"><a class="reference external" href="http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/gridfs" name="gridfs.GridFS"><em>gridfs</em></a></p> </div> <dl class="class"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFS"> <em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">gridfs.</code><code class="descname">GridFS</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>database</em>, <em>collection='fs'</em>, <em>disable_md5=False</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFS" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Create a new instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#gridfs.GridFS" title="gridfs.GridFS"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridFS</span></code></a>.</p> <p>Raises <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TypeError</span></code> if <cite>database</cite> is not an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/database.html#pymongo.database.Database" title="pymongo.database.Database"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Database</span></code></a>.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>database</cite>: database to use</li> <li><cite>collection</cite> (optional): root collection to use</li> <li><cite>disable_md5</cite> (optional): When True, MD5 checksums will not be computed for uploaded files. Useful in environments where MD5 cannot be used for regulatory or other reasons. Defaults to False.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.1: </span>Indexes are only ensured on the first write to the DB.</p> </div> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.0: </span><cite>database</cite> must use an acknowledged <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/database.html#pymongo.database.Database.write_concern" title="pymongo.database.Database.write_concern"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">write_concern</span></code></a></p> </div> <div class="admonition seealso"> <p class="first admonition-title">See also</p> <p class="admonition-title">The MongoDB documentation on</p> <p class="last"><a class="reference external" href="http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/gridfs" name="gridfs.GridFS"><em>gridfs</em></a></p> </div> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFS.delete"> <code class="descname">delete</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>file_id</em>, <em>session=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFS.delete" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Delete a file from GridFS by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"_id"</span></code>.</p> <p>Deletes all data belonging to the file with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"_id"</span></code>: <cite>file_id</cite>.</p> <div class="admonition warning"> <p class="first admonition-title">Warning</p> <p class="last">Any processes/threads reading from the file while this method is executing will likely see an invalid/corrupt file. Care should be taken to avoid concurrent reads to a file while it is being deleted.</p> </div> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">Deletes of non-existent files are considered successful since the end result is the same: no file with that _id remains.</p> </div> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>file_id</cite>: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"_id"</span></code> of the file to delete</li> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.1: </span><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">delete</span></code> no longer ensures indexes.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFS.exists"> <code class="descname">exists</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>document_or_id=None</em>, <em>session=None</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFS.exists" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Check if a file exists in this instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#gridfs.GridFS" title="gridfs.GridFS"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridFS</span></code></a>.</p> <p>The file to check for can be specified by the value of its <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">_id</span></code> key, or by passing in a query document. A query document can be passed in as dictionary, or by using keyword arguments. Thus, the following three calls are equivalent:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">exists</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">file_id</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">exists</span><span class="p">({</span><span class="s2">"_id"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">file_id</span><span class="p">})</span> <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">exists</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">_id</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">file_id</span><span class="p">)</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>As are the following two calls:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">exists</span><span class="p">({</span><span class="s2">"filename"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"mike.txt"</span><span class="p">})</span> <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">exists</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">filename</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">"mike.txt"</span><span class="p">)</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>And the following two:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">exists</span><span class="p">({</span><span class="s2">"foo"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"$gt"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">12</span><span class="p">}})</span> <span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">exists</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">foo</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"$gt"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="mi">12</span><span class="p">})</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> if a matching file exists, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> otherwise. Calls to <a class="reference internal" href="#gridfs.GridFS.exists" title="gridfs.GridFS.exists"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">exists()</span></code></a> will not automatically create appropriate indexes; application developers should be sure to create indexes if needed and as appropriate.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>document_or_id</cite> (optional): query document, or _id of the document to check for</li> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> <li><cite>**kwargs</cite> (optional): keyword arguments are used as a query document, if they’re present.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFS.find"> <code class="descname">find</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFS.find" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Query GridFS for files.</p> <p>Returns a cursor that iterates across files matching arbitrary queries on the files collection. Can be combined with other modifiers for additional control. For example:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">grid_out</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">find</span><span class="p">({</span><span class="s2">"filename"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"lisa.txt"</span><span class="p">},</span> <span class="n">no_cursor_timeout</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">grid_out</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>would iterate through all versions of “lisa.txt” stored in GridFS. Note that setting no_cursor_timeout to True may be important to prevent the cursor from timing out during long multi-file processing work.</p> <p>As another example, the call:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">most_recent_three</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">find</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">sort</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"uploadDate"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">limit</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>would return a cursor to the three most recently uploaded files in GridFS.</p> <p>Follows a similar interface to <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/collection.html#pymongo.collection.Collection.find" title="pymongo.collection.Collection.find"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">find()</span></code></a> in <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/collection.html#pymongo.collection.Collection" title="pymongo.collection.Collection"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Collection</span></code></a>.</p> <p>If a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a> is passed to <a class="reference internal" href="#gridfs.GridFS.find" title="gridfs.GridFS.find"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">find()</span></code></a>, all returned <a class="reference internal" href="grid_file.html#gridfs.grid_file.GridOut" title="gridfs.grid_file.GridOut"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridOut</span></code></a> instances are associated with that session.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>filter</cite> (optional): a SON object specifying elements which must be present for a document to be included in the result set</li> <li><cite>skip</cite> (optional): the number of files to omit (from the start of the result set) when returning the results</li> <li><cite>limit</cite> (optional): the maximum number of results to return</li> <li><cite>no_cursor_timeout</cite> (optional): if False (the default), any returned cursor is closed by the server after 10 minutes of inactivity. If set to True, the returned cursor will never time out on the server. Care should be taken to ensure that cursors with no_cursor_timeout turned on are properly closed.</li> <li><cite>sort</cite> (optional): a list of (key, direction) pairs specifying the sort order for this query. See <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/cursor.html#pymongo.cursor.Cursor.sort" title="pymongo.cursor.Cursor.sort"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sort()</span></code></a> for details.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Raises <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TypeError</span></code> if any of the arguments are of improper type. Returns an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="grid_file.html#gridfs.grid_file.GridOutCursor" title="gridfs.grid_file.GridOutCursor"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridOutCursor</span></code></a> corresponding to this query.</p> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.0: </span>Removed the read_preference, tag_sets, and secondary_acceptable_latency_ms options.</p> </div> <div class="versionadded"> <p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 2.7.</span></p> </div> <div class="admonition seealso"> <p class="first admonition-title">See also</p> <p class="admonition-title">The MongoDB documentation on</p> <p class="last"><a class="reference external" href="http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/find" name="gridfs.GridFS.find"><em>find</em></a></p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFS.find_one"> <code class="descname">find_one</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>filter=None</em>, <em>session=None</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFS.find_one" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Get a single file from gridfs.</p> <p>All arguments to <a class="reference internal" href="#gridfs.GridFS.find" title="gridfs.GridFS.find"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">find()</span></code></a> are also valid arguments for <a class="reference internal" href="#gridfs.GridFS.find_one" title="gridfs.GridFS.find_one"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">find_one()</span></code></a>, although any <cite>limit</cite> argument will be ignored. Returns a single <a class="reference internal" href="grid_file.html#gridfs.grid_file.GridOut" title="gridfs.grid_file.GridOut"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridOut</span></code></a>, or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> if no matching file is found. For example:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">file</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">find_one</span><span class="p">({</span><span class="s2">"filename"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"lisa.txt"</span><span class="p">})</span> </pre></div> </div> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>filter</cite> (optional): a dictionary specifying the query to be performing OR any other type to be used as the value for a query for <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"_id"</span></code> in the file collection.</li> <li><cite>*args</cite> (optional): any additional positional arguments are the same as the arguments to <a class="reference internal" href="#gridfs.GridFS.find" title="gridfs.GridFS.find"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">find()</span></code></a>.</li> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> <li><cite>**kwargs</cite> (optional): any additional keyword arguments are the same as the arguments to <a class="reference internal" href="#gridfs.GridFS.find" title="gridfs.GridFS.find"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">find()</span></code></a>.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFS.get"> <code class="descname">get</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>file_id</em>, <em>session=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFS.get" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Get a file from GridFS by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"_id"</span></code>.</p> <p>Returns an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="grid_file.html#gridfs.grid_file.GridOut" title="gridfs.grid_file.GridOut"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridOut</span></code></a>, which provides a file-like interface for reading.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>file_id</cite>: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"_id"</span></code> of the file to get</li> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFS.get_last_version"> <code class="descname">get_last_version</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>filename=None</em>, <em>session=None</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFS.get_last_version" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Get the most recent version of a file in GridFS by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"filename"</span></code> or metadata fields.</p> <p>Equivalent to calling <a class="reference internal" href="#gridfs.GridFS.get_version" title="gridfs.GridFS.get_version"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_version()</span></code></a> with the default <cite>version</cite> (<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code>).</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>filename</cite>: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"filename"</span></code> of the file to get, or <cite>None</cite></li> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> <li><cite>**kwargs</cite> (optional): find files by custom metadata.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFS.get_version"> <code class="descname">get_version</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>filename=None</em>, <em>version=-1</em>, <em>session=None</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFS.get_version" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Get a file from GridFS by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"filename"</span></code> or metadata fields.</p> <p>Returns a version of the file in GridFS whose filename matches <cite>filename</cite> and whose metadata fields match the supplied keyword arguments, as an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="grid_file.html#gridfs.grid_file.GridOut" title="gridfs.grid_file.GridOut"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridOut</span></code></a>.</p> <p>Version numbering is a convenience atop the GridFS API provided by MongoDB. If more than one file matches the query (either by <cite>filename</cite> alone, by metadata fields, or by a combination of both), then version <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code> will be the most recently uploaded matching file, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-2</span></code> the second most recently uploaded, etc. Version <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> will be the first version uploaded, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> the second version, etc. So if three versions have been uploaded, then version <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">0</span></code> is the same as version <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-3</span></code>, version <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">1</span></code> is the same as version <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-2</span></code>, and version <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">2</span></code> is the same as version <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-1</span></code>.</p> <p>Raises <a class="reference internal" href="errors.html#gridfs.errors.NoFile" title="gridfs.errors.NoFile"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NoFile</span></code></a> if no such version of that file exists.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>filename</cite>: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"filename"</span></code> of the file to get, or <cite>None</cite></li> <li><cite>version</cite> (optional): version of the file to get (defaults to -1, the most recent version uploaded)</li> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> <li><cite>**kwargs</cite> (optional): find files by custom metadata.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.1: </span><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_version</span></code> no longer ensures indexes.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFS.list"> <code class="descname">list</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>session=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFS.list" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>List the names of all files stored in this instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#gridfs.GridFS" title="gridfs.GridFS"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridFS</span></code></a>.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.1: </span><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">list</span></code> no longer ensures indexes.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFS.new_file"> <code class="descname">new_file</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFS.new_file" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Create a new file in GridFS.</p> <p>Returns a new <a class="reference internal" href="grid_file.html#gridfs.grid_file.GridIn" title="gridfs.grid_file.GridIn"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridIn</span></code></a> instance to which data can be written. Any keyword arguments will be passed through to <a class="reference internal" href="grid_file.html#gridfs.grid_file.GridIn" title="gridfs.grid_file.GridIn"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridIn()</span></code></a>.</p> <p>If the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"_id"</span></code> of the file is manually specified, it must not already exist in GridFS. Otherwise <a class="reference internal" href="errors.html#gridfs.errors.FileExists" title="gridfs.errors.FileExists"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FileExists</span></code></a> is raised.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>**kwargs</cite> (optional): keyword arguments for file creation</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFS.put"> <code class="descname">put</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>data</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFS.put" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Put data in GridFS as a new file.</p> <p>Equivalent to doing:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">try</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">f</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">new_file</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">**</span><span class="n">kwargs</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="k">finally</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">f</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p><cite>data</cite> can be either an instance of <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">bytes</span></code> in python 3) or a file-like object providing a <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">read()</span></code> method. If an <cite>encoding</cite> keyword argument is passed, <cite>data</cite> can also be a <code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">unicode</span></code> (<code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">str</span></code> in python 3) instance, which will be encoded as <cite>encoding</cite> before being written. Any keyword arguments will be passed through to the created file - see <a class="reference internal" href="grid_file.html#gridfs.grid_file.GridIn" title="gridfs.grid_file.GridIn"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridIn()</span></code></a> for possible arguments. Returns the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"_id"</span></code> of the created file.</p> <p>If the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">"_id"</span></code> of the file is manually specified, it must not already exist in GridFS. Otherwise <a class="reference internal" href="errors.html#gridfs.errors.FileExists" title="gridfs.errors.FileExists"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">FileExists</span></code></a> is raised.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>data</cite>: data to be written as a file.</li> <li><cite>**kwargs</cite> (optional): keyword arguments for file creation</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.0: </span>w=0 writes to GridFS are now prohibited.</p> </div> </dd></dl> </dd></dl> <dl class="class"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFSBucket"> <em class="property">class </em><code class="descclassname">gridfs.</code><code class="descname">GridFSBucket</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>db</em>, <em>bucket_name='fs'</em>, <em>chunk_size_bytes=261120</em>, <em>write_concern=None</em>, <em>read_preference=None</em>, <em>disable_md5=False</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Create a new instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket" title="gridfs.GridFSBucket"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridFSBucket</span></code></a>.</p> <p>Raises <code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TypeError</span></code> if <cite>database</cite> is not an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/database.html#pymongo.database.Database" title="pymongo.database.Database"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Database</span></code></a>.</p> <p>Raises <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/errors.html#pymongo.errors.ConfigurationError" title="pymongo.errors.ConfigurationError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ConfigurationError</span></code></a> if <cite>write_concern</cite> is not acknowledged.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>database</cite>: database to use.</li> <li><cite>bucket_name</cite> (optional): The name of the bucket. Defaults to ‘fs’.</li> <li><cite>chunk_size_bytes</cite> (optional): The chunk size in bytes. Defaults to 255KB.</li> <li><cite>write_concern</cite> (optional): The <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/write_concern.html#pymongo.write_concern.WriteConcern" title="pymongo.write_concern.WriteConcern"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">WriteConcern</span></code></a> to use. If <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> (the default) db.write_concern is used.</li> <li><cite>read_preference</cite> (optional): The read preference to use. If <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code> (the default) db.read_preference is used.</li> <li><cite>disable_md5</cite> (optional): When True, MD5 checksums will not be computed for uploaded files. Useful in environments where MD5 cannot be used for regulatory or other reasons. Defaults to False.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionadded"> <p><span class="versionmodified">New in version 3.1.</span></p> </div> <div class="admonition seealso"> <p class="first admonition-title">See also</p> <p class="admonition-title">The MongoDB documentation on</p> <p class="last"><a class="reference external" href="http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/gridfs" name="gridfs.GridFSBucket"><em>gridfs</em></a></p> </div> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFSBucket.delete"> <code class="descname">delete</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>file_id</em>, <em>session=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket.delete" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Given an file_id, delete this stored file’s files collection document and associated chunks from a GridFS bucket.</p> <p>For example:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">my_db</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MongoClient</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">test</span> <span class="n">fs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">GridFSBucket</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">my_db</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># Get _id of file to delete</span> <span class="n">file_id</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">upload_from_stream</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"test_file"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"data I want to store!"</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">delete</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">file_id</span><span class="p">)</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Raises <a class="reference internal" href="errors.html#gridfs.errors.NoFile" title="gridfs.errors.NoFile"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NoFile</span></code></a> if no file with file_id exists.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>file_id</cite>: The _id of the file to be deleted.</li> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFSBucket.download_to_stream"> <code class="descname">download_to_stream</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>file_id</em>, <em>destination</em>, <em>session=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket.download_to_stream" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Downloads the contents of the stored file specified by file_id and writes the contents to <cite>destination</cite>.</p> <p>For example:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">my_db</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MongoClient</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">test</span> <span class="n">fs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">GridFSBucket</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">my_db</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># Get _id of file to read</span> <span class="n">file_id</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">upload_from_stream</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"test_file"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"data I want to store!"</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># Get file to write to</span> <span class="n">file</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'myfile'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="s1">'wb+'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">download_to_stream</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">file_id</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">file</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">file</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">seek</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">contents</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">file</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Raises <a class="reference internal" href="errors.html#gridfs.errors.NoFile" title="gridfs.errors.NoFile"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NoFile</span></code></a> if no file with file_id exists.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>file_id</cite>: The _id of the file to be downloaded.</li> <li><cite>destination</cite>: a file-like object implementing <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">write()</span></code>.</li> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFSBucket.download_to_stream_by_name"> <code class="descname">download_to_stream_by_name</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>filename</em>, <em>destination</em>, <em>revision=-1</em>, <em>session=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket.download_to_stream_by_name" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Write the contents of <cite>filename</cite> (with optional <cite>revision</cite>) to <cite>destination</cite>.</p> <p>For example:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">my_db</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MongoClient</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">test</span> <span class="n">fs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">GridFSBucket</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">my_db</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># Get file to write to</span> <span class="n">file</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">open</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'myfile'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="s1">'wb'</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">download_to_stream_by_name</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"test_file"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">file</span><span class="p">)</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Raises <a class="reference internal" href="errors.html#gridfs.errors.NoFile" title="gridfs.errors.NoFile"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NoFile</span></code></a> if no such version of that file exists.</p> <p>Raises <code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code> if <cite>filename</cite> is not a string.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><cite>filename</cite>: The name of the file to read from.</li> <li><cite>destination</cite>: A file-like object that implements <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">write()</span></code>.</li> <li><cite>revision</cite> (optional): Which revision (documents with the same filename and different uploadDate) of the file to retrieve. Defaults to -1 (the most recent revision).</li> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Note:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Revision numbers are defined as follows:</p> <ul class="last simple"> <li>0 = the original stored file</li> <li>1 = the first revision</li> <li>2 = the second revision</li> <li>etc…</li> <li>-2 = the second most recent revision</li> <li>-1 = the most recent revision</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFSBucket.find"> <code class="descname">find</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket.find" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Find and return the files collection documents that match <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">filter</span></code></p> <p>Returns a cursor that iterates across files matching arbitrary queries on the files collection. Can be combined with other modifiers for additional control.</p> <p>For example:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">for</span> <span class="n">grid_data</span> <span class="ow">in</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">find</span><span class="p">({</span><span class="s2">"filename"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"lisa.txt"</span><span class="p">},</span> <span class="n">no_cursor_timeout</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">):</span> <span class="n">data</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">grid_data</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>would iterate through all versions of “lisa.txt” stored in GridFS. Note that setting no_cursor_timeout to True may be important to prevent the cursor from timing out during long multi-file processing work.</p> <p>As another example, the call:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">most_recent_three</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">find</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">sort</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"uploadDate"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">limit</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>would return a cursor to the three most recently uploaded files in GridFS.</p> <p>Follows a similar interface to <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/collection.html#pymongo.collection.Collection.find" title="pymongo.collection.Collection.find"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">find()</span></code></a> in <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/collection.html#pymongo.collection.Collection" title="pymongo.collection.Collection"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Collection</span></code></a>.</p> <p>If a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a> is passed to <a class="reference internal" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket.find" title="gridfs.GridFSBucket.find"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">find()</span></code></a>, all returned <a class="reference internal" href="grid_file.html#gridfs.grid_file.GridOut" title="gridfs.grid_file.GridOut"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridOut</span></code></a> instances are associated with that session.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>filter</cite>: Search query.</li> <li><cite>batch_size</cite> (optional): The number of documents to return per batch.</li> <li><cite>limit</cite> (optional): The maximum number of documents to return.</li> <li><cite>no_cursor_timeout</cite> (optional): The server normally times out idle cursors after an inactivity period (10 minutes) to prevent excess memory use. Set this option to True prevent that.</li> <li><cite>skip</cite> (optional): The number of documents to skip before returning.</li> <li><cite>sort</cite> (optional): The order by which to sort results. Defaults to None.</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFSBucket.open_download_stream"> <code class="descname">open_download_stream</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>file_id</em>, <em>session=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket.open_download_stream" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Opens a Stream from which the application can read the contents of the stored file specified by file_id.</p> <p>For example:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">my_db</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MongoClient</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">test</span> <span class="n">fs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">GridFSBucket</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">my_db</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># get _id of file to read.</span> <span class="n">file_id</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">upload_from_stream</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"test_file"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"data I want to store!"</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">grid_out</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">open_download_stream</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">file_id</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">contents</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">grid_out</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Returns an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="grid_file.html#gridfs.grid_file.GridOut" title="gridfs.grid_file.GridOut"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridOut</span></code></a>.</p> <p>Raises <a class="reference internal" href="errors.html#gridfs.errors.NoFile" title="gridfs.errors.NoFile"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NoFile</span></code></a> if no file with file_id exists.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>file_id</cite>: The _id of the file to be downloaded.</li> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFSBucket.open_download_stream_by_name"> <code class="descname">open_download_stream_by_name</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>filename</em>, <em>revision=-1</em>, <em>session=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket.open_download_stream_by_name" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Opens a Stream from which the application can read the contents of <cite>filename</cite> and optional <cite>revision</cite>.</p> <p>For example:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">my_db</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MongoClient</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">test</span> <span class="n">fs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">GridFSBucket</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">my_db</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">grid_out</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">open_download_stream_by_name</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"test_file"</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">contents</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">grid_out</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">()</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Returns an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="grid_file.html#gridfs.grid_file.GridOut" title="gridfs.grid_file.GridOut"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridOut</span></code></a>.</p> <p>Raises <a class="reference internal" href="errors.html#gridfs.errors.NoFile" title="gridfs.errors.NoFile"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NoFile</span></code></a> if no such version of that file exists.</p> <p>Raises <code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code> filename is not a string.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple"> <li><cite>filename</cite>: The name of the file to read from.</li> <li><cite>revision</cite> (optional): Which revision (documents with the same filename and different uploadDate) of the file to retrieve. Defaults to -1 (the most recent revision).</li> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Note:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">Revision numbers are defined as follows:</p> <ul class="last simple"> <li>0 = the original stored file</li> <li>1 = the first revision</li> <li>2 = the second revision</li> <li>etc…</li> <li>-2 = the second most recent revision</li> <li>-1 = the most recent revision</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFSBucket.open_upload_stream"> <code class="descname">open_upload_stream</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>filename</em>, <em>chunk_size_bytes=None</em>, <em>metadata=None</em>, <em>session=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket.open_upload_stream" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Opens a Stream that the application can write the contents of the file to.</p> <p>The user must specify the filename, and can choose to add any additional information in the metadata field of the file document or modify the chunk size. For example:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">my_db</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MongoClient</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">test</span> <span class="n">fs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">GridFSBucket</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">my_db</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">grid_in</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">open_upload_stream</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s2">"test_file"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">chunk_size_bytes</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">metadata</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"contentType"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"text/plain"</span><span class="p">})</span> <span class="n">grid_in</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"data I want to store!"</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">grid_in</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="c1"># uploaded on close</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Returns an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="grid_file.html#gridfs.grid_file.GridIn" title="gridfs.grid_file.GridIn"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridIn</span></code></a>.</p> <p>Raises <a class="reference internal" href="errors.html#gridfs.errors.NoFile" title="gridfs.errors.NoFile"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NoFile</span></code></a> if no such version of that file exists. Raises <code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code> if <cite>filename</cite> is not a string.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>filename</cite>: The name of the file to upload.</li> <li><cite>chunk_size_bytes</cite> (options): The number of bytes per chunk of this file. Defaults to the chunk_size_bytes in <a class="reference internal" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket" title="gridfs.GridFSBucket"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridFSBucket</span></code></a>.</li> <li><cite>metadata</cite> (optional): User data for the ‘metadata’ field of the files collection document. If not provided the metadata field will be omitted from the files collection document.</li> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFSBucket.open_upload_stream_with_id"> <code class="descname">open_upload_stream_with_id</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>file_id</em>, <em>filename</em>, <em>chunk_size_bytes=None</em>, <em>metadata=None</em>, <em>session=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket.open_upload_stream_with_id" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Opens a Stream that the application can write the contents of the file to.</p> <p>The user must specify the file id and filename, and can choose to add any additional information in the metadata field of the file document or modify the chunk size. For example:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">my_db</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MongoClient</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">test</span> <span class="n">fs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">GridFSBucket</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">my_db</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">grid_in</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">open_upload_stream_with_id</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="n">ObjectId</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="s2">"test_file"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">chunk_size_bytes</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">metadata</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"contentType"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"text/plain"</span><span class="p">})</span> <span class="n">grid_in</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"data I want to store!"</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">grid_in</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="c1"># uploaded on close</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Returns an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="grid_file.html#gridfs.grid_file.GridIn" title="gridfs.grid_file.GridIn"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridIn</span></code></a>.</p> <p>Raises <a class="reference internal" href="errors.html#gridfs.errors.NoFile" title="gridfs.errors.NoFile"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NoFile</span></code></a> if no such version of that file exists. Raises <code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code> if <cite>filename</cite> is not a string.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>file_id</cite>: The id to use for this file. The id must not have already been used for another file.</li> <li><cite>filename</cite>: The name of the file to upload.</li> <li><cite>chunk_size_bytes</cite> (options): The number of bytes per chunk of this file. Defaults to the chunk_size_bytes in <a class="reference internal" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket" title="gridfs.GridFSBucket"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridFSBucket</span></code></a>.</li> <li><cite>metadata</cite> (optional): User data for the ‘metadata’ field of the files collection document. If not provided the metadata field will be omitted from the files collection document.</li> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFSBucket.rename"> <code class="descname">rename</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>file_id</em>, <em>new_filename</em>, <em>session=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket.rename" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Renames the stored file with the specified file_id.</p> <p>For example:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">my_db</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MongoClient</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">test</span> <span class="n">fs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">GridFSBucket</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">my_db</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="c1"># Get _id of file to rename</span> <span class="n">file_id</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">upload_from_stream</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"test_file"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"data I want to store!"</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rename</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">file_id</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"new_test_name"</span><span class="p">)</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Raises <a class="reference internal" href="errors.html#gridfs.errors.NoFile" title="gridfs.errors.NoFile"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NoFile</span></code></a> if no file with file_id exists.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>file_id</cite>: The _id of the file to be renamed.</li> <li><cite>new_filename</cite>: The new name of the file.</li> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFSBucket.upload_from_stream"> <code class="descname">upload_from_stream</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>filename</em>, <em>source</em>, <em>chunk_size_bytes=None</em>, <em>metadata=None</em>, <em>session=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket.upload_from_stream" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Uploads a user file to a GridFS bucket.</p> <p>Reads the contents of the user file from <cite>source</cite> and uploads it to the file <cite>filename</cite>. Source can be a string or file-like object. For example:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">my_db</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MongoClient</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">test</span> <span class="n">fs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">GridFSBucket</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">my_db</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">file_id</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">upload_from_stream</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="s2">"test_file"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"data I want to store!"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">chunk_size_bytes</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">metadata</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"contentType"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"text/plain"</span><span class="p">})</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Returns the _id of the uploaded file.</p> <p>Raises <a class="reference internal" href="errors.html#gridfs.errors.NoFile" title="gridfs.errors.NoFile"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NoFile</span></code></a> if no such version of that file exists. Raises <code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code> if <cite>filename</cite> is not a string.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>filename</cite>: The name of the file to upload.</li> <li><cite>source</cite>: The source stream of the content to be uploaded. Must be a file-like object that implements <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">read()</span></code> or a string.</li> <li><cite>chunk_size_bytes</cite> (options): The number of bytes per chunk of this file. Defaults to the chunk_size_bytes of <a class="reference internal" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket" title="gridfs.GridFSBucket"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridFSBucket</span></code></a>.</li> <li><cite>metadata</cite> (optional): User data for the ‘metadata’ field of the files collection document. If not provided the metadata field will be omitted from the files collection document.</li> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="gridfs.GridFSBucket.upload_from_stream_with_id"> <code class="descname">upload_from_stream_with_id</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>file_id</em>, <em>filename</em>, <em>source</em>, <em>chunk_size_bytes=None</em>, <em>metadata=None</em>, <em>session=None</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket.upload_from_stream_with_id" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Uploads a user file to a GridFS bucket with a custom file id.</p> <p>Reads the contents of the user file from <cite>source</cite> and uploads it to the file <cite>filename</cite>. Source can be a string or file-like object. For example:</p> <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">my_db</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">MongoClient</span><span class="p">()</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">test</span> <span class="n">fs</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">GridFSBucket</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">my_db</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="n">file_id</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fs</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">upload_from_stream</span><span class="p">(</span> <span class="n">ObjectId</span><span class="p">(),</span> <span class="s2">"test_file"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">"data I want to store!"</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">chunk_size_bytes</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">metadata</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="p">{</span><span class="s2">"contentType"</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s2">"text/plain"</span><span class="p">})</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Raises <a class="reference internal" href="errors.html#gridfs.errors.NoFile" title="gridfs.errors.NoFile"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">NoFile</span></code></a> if no such version of that file exists. Raises <code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ValueError</span></code> if <cite>filename</cite> is not a string.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><cite>file_id</cite>: The id to use for this file. The id must not have already been used for another file.</li> <li><cite>filename</cite>: The name of the file to upload.</li> <li><cite>source</cite>: The source stream of the content to be uploaded. Must be a file-like object that implements <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">read()</span></code> or a string.</li> <li><cite>chunk_size_bytes</cite> (options): The number of bytes per chunk of this file. Defaults to the chunk_size_bytes of <a class="reference internal" href="#gridfs.GridFSBucket" title="gridfs.GridFSBucket"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GridFSBucket</span></code></a>.</li> <li><cite>metadata</cite> (optional): User data for the ‘metadata’ field of the files collection document. If not provided the metadata field will be omitted from the files collection document.</li> <li><cite>session</cite> (optional): a <a class="reference internal" href="../pymongo/client_session.html#pymongo.client_session.ClientSession" title="pymongo.client_session.ClientSession"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ClientSession</span></code></a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="versionchanged"> <p><span class="versionmodified">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Added <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> parameter.</p> </div> </dd></dl> </dd></dl> <p>Sub-modules:</p> <div class="toctree-wrapper compound"> <ul> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="errors.html"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">errors</span></code> – Exceptions raised by the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gridfs</span></code> package</a></li> <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="grid_file.html"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">grid_file</span></code> – Tools for representing files stored in GridFS</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"> <h4>Previous topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="../pymongo/write_concern.html" title="previous chapter"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">write_concern</span></code> – Tools for specifying write concern</a></p> <h4>Next topic</h4> <p class="topless"><a href="errors.html" title="next chapter"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">errors</span></code> – Exceptions raised by the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gridfs</span></code> package</a></p> <div role="note" aria-label="source link"> <h3>This Page</h3> <ul class="this-page-menu"> <li><a href="../../_sources/api/gridfs/index.rst.txt" rel="nofollow">Show Source</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="searchbox" style="display: none" role="search"> <h3>Quick search</h3> <div class="searchformwrapper"> <form class="search" action="../../search.html" method="get"> <input type="text" name="q" /> <input type="submit" value="Go" /> <input type="hidden" name="check_keywords" value="yes" /> <input type="hidden" name="area" value="default" /> </form> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript">$('#searchbox').show(0);</script> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <div class="related" role="navigation" aria-label="related navigation"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="../../genindex.html" title="General Index" >index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="../../py-modindex.html" title="Python Module Index" >modules</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="errors.html" title="errors – Exceptions raised by the gridfs package" >next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="../pymongo/write_concern.html" title="write_concern – Tools for specifying write concern" >previous</a> |</li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="../../index.html">PyMongo 3.7.2 documentation</a> »</li> <li class="nav-item nav-item-1"><a href="../index.html" >API Documentation</a> »</li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer" role="contentinfo"> © Copyright MongoDB, Inc. 2008-present. 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