How to fetch data from mongodB in Scala - mongodb

Question

I wrote following code to fetch data from MongoDB
import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
import org.mongodb.scala.{ Document, MongoClient, MongoCollection, MongoDatabase }
import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext
object MongoService extends Service {
val conf = ConfigFactory.load()
implicit val mongoService: MongoClient = MongoClient(conf.getString("mongo.url"))
implicit val mongoDB: MongoDatabase = mongoService.getDatabase(conf.getString("mongo.db"))
implicit val ec: ExecutionContext = ExecutionContext.global
def getAllDocumentsFromCollection(collection: String) = {
mongoDB.getCollection(collection).find()
}
}
But when I tried to get data from getAllDocumentsFromCollection I'm not getting each data for further manipulation. Instead I'm getting
FindObservable(com.mongodb.async.client.FindIterableImpl#23555cf5)
UPDATED:
object MongoService {
// My settings (see available connection options)
val mongoUri = "mongodb://localhost:27017/smsto?authMode=scram-sha1"
import ExecutionContext.Implicits.global // use any appropriate context
// Connect to the database: Must be done only once per application
val driver = MongoDriver()
val parsedUri = MongoConnection.parseURI(mongoUri)
val connection = parsedUri.map(driver.connection(_))
// Database and collections: Get references
val futureConnection = Future.fromTry(connection)
def db1: Future[DefaultDB] = futureConnection.flatMap(_.database("smsto"))
def personCollection = db1.map(_.collection("person"))
// Write Documents: insert or update
implicit def personWriter: BSONDocumentWriter[Person] = Macros.writer[Person]
// or provide a custom one
def createPerson(person: Person): Future[Unit] =
personCollection.flatMap(_.insert(person).map(_ => {})) // use personWriter
def getAll(collection: String) =
db1.map(_.collection(collection))
// Custom persistent types
case class Person(firstName: String, lastName: String, age: Int)
}
I tried to use reactivemongo as well with above code but I couldn't make it work for getAll and getting following error in createPerson
Please suggest how can I get all data from a collection.

Answer 1

This is likely too late for the OP, but hopefully the following methods of retrieving & iterating over collections using mongo-spark can prove useful to others.
The Asynchronous Way - Iterating over documents asynchronously means you won't have to store an entire collection in-memory, which can become unreasonable for large collections. However, you won't have access to all your documents outside the subscribe code block for reuse. I'd recommend doing things asynchronously if you can, since this is how the mongo-scala driver was intended to be used.
db.getCollection(collectionName).find().subscribe(
(doc: org.mongodb.scala.bson.Document) => {
// operate on an individual document here
},
(e: Throwable) => {
// do something with errors here, if desired
},
() => {
// this signifies that you've reached the end of your collection
}
)
The "Synchronous" Way - This is a pattern I use when my use-case calls for a synchronous solution, and I'm working with smaller collections or result-sets. It still uses the asynchronous mongo-scala driver, but it returns a list of documents and blocks downstream code execution until all documents are returned. Handling errors and timeouts may depend on your use case.
import org.mongodb.scala._
import org.mongodb.scala.bson.Document
import org.mongodb.scala.model.Filters
import scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer
/* This function optionally takes filters if you do not wish to return the entire collection.
* You could extend it to take other optional query params, such as org.mongodb.scala.model.{Sorts, Projections, Aggregates}
*/
def getDocsSync(db: MongoDatabase, collectionName: String, filters: Option[conversions.Bson]): ListBuffer[Document] = {
val docs = scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer[Document]()
var processing = true
val query = if (filters.isDefined) {
db.getCollection(collectionName).find(filters.get)
} else {
db.getCollection(collectionName).find()
}
query.subscribe(
(doc: Document) => docs.append(doc), // add doc to mutable list
(e: Throwable) => throw e,
() => processing = false
)
while (processing) {
Thread.sleep(100) // wait here until all docs have been returned
}
docs
}
// sample usage of 'synchronous' method
val client: MongoClient = MongoClient(uriString)
val db: MongoDatabase = client.getDatabase(dbName)
val allDocs = getDocsSync(db, "myCollection", Option.empty)
val someDocs = getDocsSync(db, "myCollection", Option(Filters.eq("fieldName", "foo")))