Find all documents in a collection with mongo go driver - mongodb

Question

I checked out the answer here but this uses the old and unmaintained mgo. How can I find all documents in a collection using the mongo-go-driver?
I tried passing a nil filter, but this does not return any documents and instead returns nil. I also checked the documentation but did not see any mention of returning all documents. Here is what I've tried with aforementioned result.
client, err := mongo.Connect(context.TODO(), "mongodb://localhost:27017")
coll := client.Database("test").Collection("albums")
if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) }
// we can assume we're connected...right?
fmt.Println("connected to mongodb")
var results []*Album
findOptions := options.Find()
cursor, err := coll.Find(context.TODO(), nil, findOptions)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err) // prints 'document is nil'
}
Also, I'm about confused about why I need to specify findOptions when I've called the Find() function on the collection (or do I not need to specify?).

Answer 1

Here is what I came up with using the official MongoDB driver for golang. I am using godotenv (https://github.com/joho/godotenv) to pass the database parameters.
//Find multiple documents
func FindRecords() {
err := godotenv.Load()
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
}
//Get database settings from env file
//dbUser := os.Getenv("db_username")
//dbPass := os.Getenv("db_pass")
dbName := os.Getenv("db_name")
docCollection := "retailMembers"
dbHost := os.Getenv("db_host")
dbPort := os.Getenv("db_port")
dbEngine := os.Getenv("db_type")
//set client options
clientOptions := options.Client().ApplyURI("mongodb://" + dbHost + ":" + dbPort)
//connect to MongoDB
client, err := mongo.Connect(context.TODO(), clientOptions)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
//check the connection
err = client.Ping(context.TODO(), nil)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println("Connected to " + dbEngine)
db := client.Database(dbName).Collection(docCollection)
//find records
//pass these options to the Find method
findOptions := options.Find()
//Set the limit of the number of record to find
findOptions.SetLimit(5)
//Define an array in which you can store the decoded documents
var results []Member
//Passing the bson.D{{}} as the filter matches documents in the collection
cur, err := db.Find(context.TODO(), bson.D{{}}, findOptions)
if err !=nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
//Finding multiple documents returns a cursor
//Iterate through the cursor allows us to decode documents one at a time
for cur.Next(context.TODO()) {
//Create a value into which the single document can be decoded
var elem Member
err := cur.Decode(&elem)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
results =append(results, elem)
}
if err := cur.Err(); err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
//Close the cursor once finished
cur.Close(context.TODO())
fmt.Printf("Found multiple documents: %+v\n", results)
}

Answer 2

Try passing an empty bson.D instead of nil:
cursor, err := coll.Find(context.TODO(), bson.D{})
Also, FindOptions is optional.
Disclaimer: I've never used the official driver, but there are a few examples at https://godoc.org/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo
Seems like their tutorial is outdated :/