How to Specify Query Criteria When Querying in Python MongoDB

In this example we will show how to specify query criteria when querying using the find() method in Python MongoDB.

Source Code

from pymongo import MongoClient

client = MongoClient("localhost", 27017)
db = client["mydatabase"]
collection = db["us_state"]

query = {"Capital": "Dover"}

for x in collection.find(query):
    print(x)

Output:

{'_id': 8, 'State_name': 'Delaware', 'Abbreviation': 'DE', 'Capital': 'Dover', 'Total_area': 2489}