Update documents

Finds documents in a collection using filter clauses, and then updates properties in those documents. Optionally, if no document matches the filter, inserts a new document.

This method does not support sort parameters, including vector search. If you want to use sort parameters to find documents, use the method to find documents instead. Then, use the method to update a single document to update the found documents by ID.

Ready to write code? See the examples for this method to get started. If you are new to the Data API, check out the quickstart.

Result

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  • Java

  • curl

Updates documents that match the specified parameters and returns a CollectionUpdateResult object that includes details about the operation, including the number of documents that were found and the number of documents that were modified.

Example response:

CollectionUpdateResult(update_info={'n': 3, 'updatedExisting': True, 'ok': 1.0, 'nModified': 2}, raw_results=...)

If specified, the method inserts a new document if no document matches the filter.

Example response if a new document was inserted:

CollectionUpdateResult(update_info={'n': 1, 'updatedExisting': False, 'ok': 1.0, 'nModified': 0, 'upserted': '91838621-160d-4a35-8386-21160d2a3580'}, raw_results=...)

Updates documents that match the specified parameters and returns a promise that resolves to a CollectionUpdateManyResult<Schema> object that includes details about the operation, including the number of documents that were found and the number of documents that were modified.

Example resolved response:

{
  modifiedCount: 2,
  matchedCount: 3,
  upsertedCount: 0
}

If specified, the method inserts a new document if no document matches the filter.

Example resolved response if a new document was inserted:

{
  modifiedCount: 0,
  matchedCount: 0,
  upsertedCount: 1,
  upsertedId: '5be853e7-b5d3-401b-a853-e7b5d3801bae'
}

Updates documents that match the specified parameters and returns CollectionUpdateResult, which indicates the number of documents that were found and the number of documents that were modified.

If specified, the method inserts a new document if no document matches the filter. In this case, the response also includes the _id of the inserted document.

Updates documents that match the specified parameters and returns an object that includes details about the operation, including the number of documents that were found and the number of documents that were modified.

Example response:

{
  "status":{
    "matchedCount":3,
    "modifiedCount":2
  }
}

If specified, the method inserts a new document if no document matches the filter.

Example response if a new document was inserted:

{
  "status":{
    "upsertedId":"1a69f13b-0331-4e85-a9f1-3b0331fe854b",
    "matchedCount":0,
    "modifiedCount":0
  }
}

If more than 20 documents match the specified filter parameters, only the first 20 documents will be updated. In this case, the status.matchedCount and status.modifiedCount are capped at 20, the status.moreData value is true, and the status.nextPageState value is the ID of the next page of data. To update the next batch of 20 documents, you must send a request with the nextPageState value from your previous request. For an example, see Update more than 20 documents.

Example response if more documents match the filter than were updated:

{
  "status": {
    "matchedCount": 20,
    "modifiedCount": 20,
    "moreData": true,
    "nextPageState": "**NEXT_PAGE_STATE_ID**"
  }
}

Parameters

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  • Java

  • curl

Use the update_many method, which belongs to the astrapy.Collection class.

Method signature 
update_many(
  filter: Dict[str, Any],
  update: Dict[str, Any],
  *,
  upsert: bool,
  general_method_timeout_ms: int,
  request_timeout_ms: int,
  timeout_ms: int,
) -> CollectionUpdateResult:
Name Type Summary

filter

Dict[str, Any]

An object that defines filter criteria using the Data API filter syntax. The method only finds documents that match the filter criteria.

You must use & to escape any . or & in field names in the filter clause. You cannot use & to escape any other characters.

For a list of available filter operators and more examples, see Filter operators for collections.

Filters can use only indexed fields. If you apply selective indexing when you create a collection, you cannot reference non-indexed fields in a filter.

update

Dict[str, Any]

An object that defines the updates using Data API operators.

For a list of available operators and more examples, see Update operators for collections.

upsert

bool

Optional. Whether to insert a new document if no document matches the filter criteria.

general_method_timeout_ms

int

Optional. The maximum time, in milliseconds, that the whole operation, which might involve multiple HTTP requests, can take.

Default: The default value for the collection. This default is 30 seconds unless you specified a different default when you initialized the Collection or DataAPIClient object. For more information, see Timeout options.

request_timeout_ms

int

Optional. The maximum time, in milliseconds, that the client should wait for each underlying HTTP request.

Default: The default value for the collection. This default is 10 seconds unless you specified a different default when you initialized the Collection or DataAPIClient object. For more information, see Timeout options.

timeout_ms

int

Optional. An alias for general_method_timeout_ms.

Use the updateMany method, which belongs to the Collection class.

Method signature 
async updateMany(
  filter: CollectionFilter<Schema>,
  update: CollectionUpdateFilter<Schema>,
  options?: {
    upsert?: boolean,
    timeout?: number | TimeoutDescriptor,
  },
): CollectionUpdateManyResult<Schema>
Name Type Summary

filter

CollectionFilter<Schema>

An object that defines filter criteria using the Data API filter syntax. The method only finds documents that match the filter criteria.

You must use & to escape any . or & in field names in the filter clause. You cannot use & to escape any other characters.

For a list of available filter operators and more examples, see Filter operators for collections.

Filters can use only indexed fields. If you apply selective indexing when you create a collection, you cannot reference non-indexed fields in a filter.

update

CollectionUpdateFilter<Schema>

An object that defines the updates using Data API operators.

For a list of available operators and more examples, see Update operators for collections.

options?

CollectionUpdateManyOptions

Optional. The options for this operation. See Properties of options for more details.
Properties of options
Name Type Summary

upsert

boolean

Optional. Whether to insert a new document if no document matches the filter criteria.

timeout

number | TimeoutDescriptor

Optional.

The timeout(s) to apply to this method. You can specify requestTimeoutMs and generalMethodTimeoutMs.

Details about the timeout parameter

The TimeoutDescriptor object can contain these properties:

  • requestTimeoutMs (number): The maximum time, in milliseconds, that the client should wait for each underlying HTTP request.

    Default: The default value for the collection. This default is 10 seconds unless you specified a different default when you initialized the Collection or DataAPIClient object.

  • generalMethodTimeoutMs (number): The maximum time, in milliseconds, that the whole operation, which might involve multiple HTTP requests, can take. Since this method issues a single HTTP request, generalMethodTimeoutMs and requestTimeoutMs are equivalent. If you specify both, the minimum of the two will be used.

    Default: The default value for the collection. This default is 30 seconds unless you specified a different default when you initialized the Collection or DataAPIClient object.

If you specify a number instead of a TimeoutDescriptor object, that number will be applied to generalMethodTimeoutMs.

Use the updateMany method, which belongs to the com.datastax.astra.client.Collection class.

Method signature 
CollectionUpdateResult updateMany(
  Filter filter,
  Update update
)
CollectionUpdateResult updateMany(
  Filter filter,
  Update update,
  CollectionUpdateManyOptions options
)
Name Type Summary

filter

Filter

An object that defines filter criteria using the Data API filter syntax. The method only finds documents that match the filter criteria.

You must use & to escape any . or & in field names in the filter clause. You cannot use & to escape any other characters.

For a list of available filter operators and more examples, see Filter operators for collections.

Filters can use only indexed fields. If you apply selective indexing when you create a collection, you cannot reference non-indexed fields in a filter.

update

Update

An object that defines the updates using Data API operators.

For a list of available operators and more examples, see Update operators for collections.

options

CollectionUpdateManyOptions

Optional. The options for this operation. See Methods of the CollectionUpdateManyOptions class for more details.
Methods of the CollectionUpdateManyOptions class
Method Parameters Summary

upsert()

boolean

Optional. Whether to insert a new document if no document matches the filter criteria.

Default: False

Use the updateMany command.

Command signature 
curl -sS -L -X POST "API_ENDPOINT/api/json/v1/KEYSPACE_NAME/COLLECTION_NAME" \
--header "Token: APPLICATION_TOKEN" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "updateMany": {
    "filter": FILTER,
    "update": UPDATE,
    "options": {
      "upsert": BOOLEAN
    }
  }
}'
Name Type Summary

filter

object

An object that defines filter criteria using the Data API filter syntax. The method only finds documents that match the filter criteria.

You must use & to escape any . or & in field names in the filter clause. You cannot use & to escape any other characters.

For a list of available filter operators and more examples, see Filter operators for collections.

Filters can use only indexed fields. If you apply selective indexing when you create a collection, you cannot reference non-indexed fields in a filter.

update

object

An object that defines the updates using Data API operators.

For a list of available operators and more examples, see Update operators for collections.

options

object

Optional. The options for this operation. See Properties of options for more details.
Properties of options
Name Type Summary

upsert

boolean

Optional. Whether to insert a new document if no document matches the filter criteria.

pageState

string

Optional. The value of status.nextPageState from the previous request. Used to request the next page of results.

Examples

The following examples demonstrate how to update documents in a collection.

Update documents that match a filter

You can use a filter to find documents that match specific criteria. For example, you can find documents with an is_checked_out value of false and a number_of_pages value less than 300.

For a list of available filter operators and more examples, see Filter operators for collections.

Filters can use only indexed fields. If you apply selective indexing when you create a collection, you cannot reference non-indexed fields in a filter.

  • Python

  • TypeScript

  • Java

  • curl

from astrapy import DataAPIClient

# Get an existing collection
client = DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN")
database = client.get_database("API_ENDPOINT")
collection = database.get_collection("COLLECTION_NAME")

# Update documents
result = collection.update_many(
    {
        "$and": [
            {"is_checked_out": False},
            {"number_of_pages": {"$lt": 300}},
        ]
    },
    {"$set": {"color": "blue"}},
)

print(result)
import { DataAPIClient } from "@datastax/astra-db-ts";

// Get an existing collection
const client = new DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN");
const database = client.db("API_ENDPOINT");
const collection = database.collection("COLLECTION_NAME");

// Update documents
(async function () {
  const result = await collection.updateMany(
    {
      $and: [{ is_checked_out: false }, { number_of_pages: { $lt: 300 } }],
    },
    { $set: { color: "blue" } },
  );

  console.log(result);
})();
import com.datastax.astra.client.DataAPIClient;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.Collection;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.commands.Update;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.commands.results.CollectionUpdateResult;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.definition.documents.Document;
import com.datastax.astra.client.core.query.Filter;
import com.datastax.astra.client.core.query.Filters;

public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Get an existing collection
    Collection<Document> collection =
        new DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN")
            .getDatabase("API_ENDPOINT")
            .getCollection("COLLECTION_NAME");

    // Update documents
    Filter filter =
        Filters.and(Filters.eq("is_checked_out", false), Filters.lt("number_of_pages", 300));
    Update update = Update.create().set("color", "blue");
    CollectionUpdateResult result = collection.updateMany(filter, update);
    System.out.println(result.getMatchedCount());
    System.out.println(result.getModifiedCount());
  }
}
curl -sS -L -X POST "API_ENDPOINT/api/json/v1/KEYSPACE_NAME/COLLECTION_NAME" \
  --header "Token: APPLICATION_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "updateMany": {
    "filter": {"$and": [
      {"is_checked_out": false},
      {"number_of_pages": {"$lt": 300}}
    ]},
    "update": { "$set": { "color": "blue" } }
  }
}'

Update multiple properties

You can combine multiple operators and properties in a single call. For the full list of operators, see Update operators for collections.

  • Python

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  • Java

  • curl

from astrapy import DataAPIClient

# Get an existing collection
client = DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN")
database = client.get_database("API_ENDPOINT")
collection = database.get_collection("COLLECTION_NAME")

# Update documents
result = collection.update_many(
    {
        "$and": [
            {"is_checked_out": False},
            {"number_of_pages": {"$lt": 300}},
        ]
    },
    {
        "$set": {"color": "blue", "classes": ["biology", "algebra", "swimming"]},
        "$unset": {"phone": ""},
        "$inc": {"age": 1},
    },
)

print(result)
import { DataAPIClient } from "@datastax/astra-db-ts";

// Get an existing collection
const client = new DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN");
const database = client.db("API_ENDPOINT");
const collection = database.collection("COLLECTION_NAME");

// Update documents
(async function () {
  const result = await collection.updateMany(
    {
      $and: [{ is_checked_out: false }, { number_of_pages: { $lt: 300 } }],
    },
    {
      $set: {
        color: "blue",
        classes: ["biology", "algebra", "swimming"],
      },
      $unset: {
        phone: "",
      },
      $inc: {
        age: 1,
      },
    },
  );

  console.log(result);
})();
import com.datastax.astra.client.DataAPIClient;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.Collection;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.commands.Update;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.commands.results.CollectionUpdateResult;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.definition.documents.Document;
import com.datastax.astra.client.core.query.Filter;
import com.datastax.astra.client.core.query.Filters;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Get an existing collection
    Collection<Document> collection =
        new DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN")
            .getDatabase("API_ENDPOINT")
            .getCollection("COLLECTION_NAME");

    // Update documents
    Filter filter =
        Filters.and(Filters.eq("is_checked_out", false), Filters.lt("number_of_pages", 300));
    Update update =
        Update.create()
            .set("color", "blue")
            .set("classes", Arrays.asList("biology", "algebra", "swimming"))
            .unset("phone")
            .inc("age", 1.0);
    CollectionUpdateResult result = collection.updateMany(filter, update);
    System.out.println(result.getMatchedCount());
    System.out.println(result.getModifiedCount());
  }
}
curl -sS -L -X POST "API_ENDPOINT/api/json/v1/KEYSPACE_NAME/COLLECTION_NAME" \
  --header "Token: APPLICATION_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "updateMany": {
    "filter": {"$and": [
      {"is_checked_out": false},
      {"number_of_pages": {"$lt": 300}}
    ]},
    "update": {
        "$set": {
            "color": "blue",
            "classes": ["biology", "algebra", "swimming"]
            },
        "$unset": {
            "phone": ""
        },
        "$inc": {
          "age": 1
        }
    }
  }
}'

Update nested properties

To update a nested property, use dot notation. For example, field.subfield.subsubfield.

To update an item in a list, specify a numeric index. For example, listProperty.3.

  • Python

  • TypeScript

  • Java

  • curl

from astrapy import DataAPIClient

# Get an existing collection
client = DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN")
database = client.get_database("API_ENDPOINT")
collection = database.get_collection("COLLECTION_NAME")

# Update documents
result = collection.update_many(
    {
        "$and": [
            {"is_checked_out": False},
            {"number_of_pages": {"$lt": 300}},
        ]
    },
    {"$set": {"color": "blue", "address.city": "Austin", "classes.2": "biology"}},
)

print(result)
import { DataAPIClient } from "@datastax/astra-db-ts";

// Get an existing collection
const client = new DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN");
const database = client.db("API_ENDPOINT");
const collection = database.collection("COLLECTION_NAME");

// Update documents
(async function () {
  const result = await collection.updateMany(
    {
      $and: [{ is_checked_out: false }, { number_of_pages: { $lt: 300 } }],
    },
    {
      $set: {
        color: "blue",
        "address.city": "Austin",
        "classes.2": "biology",
      },
    },
  );

  console.log(result);
})();
import com.datastax.astra.client.DataAPIClient;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.Collection;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.commands.Update;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.commands.results.CollectionUpdateResult;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.definition.documents.Document;
import com.datastax.astra.client.core.query.Filter;
import com.datastax.astra.client.core.query.Filters;

public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Get an existing collection
    Collection<Document> collection =
        new DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN")
            .getDatabase("API_ENDPOINT")
            .getCollection("COLLECTION_NAME");

    // Update documents
    Filter filter =
        Filters.and(Filters.eq("is_checked_out", false), Filters.lt("number_of_pages", 300));
    Update update =
        Update.create()
            .set("color", "blue")
            .set("address.city", "Austin")
            .set("classes.2", "biology");
    CollectionUpdateResult result = collection.updateMany(filter, update);
    System.out.println(result.getMatchedCount());
    System.out.println(result.getModifiedCount());
  }
}
curl -sS -L -X POST "API_ENDPOINT/api/json/v1/KEYSPACE_NAME/COLLECTION_NAME" \
  --header "Token: APPLICATION_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "updateMany": {
    "filter": {"$and": [
      {"is_checked_out": false},
      {"number_of_pages": {"$lt": 300}}
    ]},
    "update": {
        "$set": {
            "color": "blue",
            "address.city": "Austin",
            "classes.2": "biology"
            }
    }
  }
}'

Insert a new document if no matching document exists

You can use upsert to insert a new document if no document matches the filter criteria.

  • Python

  • TypeScript

  • Java

  • curl

from astrapy import DataAPIClient

# Get an existing collection
client = DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN")
database = client.get_database("API_ENDPOINT")
collection = database.get_collection("COLLECTION_NAME")

# Update documents
result = collection.update_many(
    {
        "$and": [
            {"is_checked_out": False},
            {"number_of_pages": {"$lt": 300}},
        ]
    },
    {"$set": {"color": "blue"}},
    upsert=True,
)

print(result)

You can also use the setOnInsert operator specify additional fields to set if a new document is created:

from astrapy import DataAPIClient

# Get an existing collection
client = DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN")
database = client.get_database("API_ENDPOINT")
collection = database.get_collection("COLLECTION_NAME")

# Update documents
result = collection.update_many(
    {
        "$and": [
            {"is_checked_out": False},
            {"number_of_pages": {"$lt": 300}},
        ]
    },
    {"$set": {"color": "blue"}, "$setOnInsert": {"customer.name": "James"}},
    upsert=True,
)

print(result)
import { DataAPIClient } from "@datastax/astra-db-ts";

// Get an existing collection
const client = new DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN");
const database = client.db("API_ENDPOINT");
const collection = database.collection("COLLECTION_NAME");

// Update documents
(async function () {
  const result = await collection.updateMany(
    {
      $and: [{ is_checked_out: false }, { number_of_pages: { $lt: 300 } }],
    },
    { $set: { color: "blue" } },
    { upsert: true },
  );

  console.log(result);
})();

You can also use the setOnInsert operator specify additional fields to set if a new document is created:

import { DataAPIClient } from "@datastax/astra-db-ts";

// Get an existing collection
const client = new DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN");
const database = client.db("API_ENDPOINT");
const collection = database.collection("COLLECTION_NAME");

// Update documents
(async function () {
  const result = await collection.updateMany(
    {
      $and: [{ is_checked_out: false }, { number_of_pages: { $lt: 300 } }],
    },
    {
      $set: { color: "blue" },
      $setOnInsert: {
        "customer.name": "James",
      },
    },
    { upsert: true },
  );

  console.log(result);
})();
import com.datastax.astra.client.DataAPIClient;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.Collection;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.commands.Update;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.commands.options.CollectionUpdateManyOptions;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.commands.results.CollectionUpdateResult;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.definition.documents.Document;
import com.datastax.astra.client.core.query.Filter;
import com.datastax.astra.client.core.query.Filters;

public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Get an existing collection
    Collection<Document> collection =
        new DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN")
            .getDatabase("API_ENDPOINT")
            .getCollection("COLLECTION_NAME");

    // Update documents
    Filter filter =
        Filters.and(Filters.eq("is_checked_out", false), Filters.lt("number_of_pages", 300));
    Update update = Update.create().set("color", "blue");
    CollectionUpdateManyOptions options = new CollectionUpdateManyOptions().upsert(true);
    CollectionUpdateResult result = collection.updateMany(filter, update, options);
    System.out.println(result.getMatchedCount());
    System.out.println(result.getModifiedCount());
    System.out.println(result.getUpsertedId());
  }
}
curl -sS -L -X POST "API_ENDPOINT/api/json/v1/KEYSPACE_NAME/COLLECTION_NAME" \
  --header "Token: APPLICATION_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "updateMany": {
    "filter": {"$and": [
      {"is_checked_out": false},
      {"number_of_pages": {"$lt": 300}}
    ]},
    "update": { "$set": { "color": "blue" } },
    "options": { "upsert": true }
  }
}'

You can also use the setOnInsert operator specify additional fields to set if a new document is created:

curl -sS -L -X POST "API_ENDPOINT/api/json/v1/KEYSPACE_NAME/COLLECTION_NAME" \
  --header "Token: APPLICATION_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "updateMany": {
    "filter": {"$and": [
      {"is_checked_out": false},
      {"number_of_pages": {"$lt": 300}}
    ]},
    "update": {
      "$set": { "color": "blue" },
      "$setOnInsert": {
        "customer.name": "James"
      }
    },
    "options": { "upsert": true }
  }
}'

Update more than 20 documents

  • Python

  • TypeScript

  • Java

  • curl

The client automatically issues multiple Data API HTTP requests to update all documents that match your filter.

The client automatically issues multiple Data API HTTP requests to update all documents that match your filter.

The client automatically issues multiple Data API HTTP requests to update all documents that match your filter.

You can only update 20 documents per HTTP request.

If additional documents match your filter but were not updated, the response will include a status.moreData value of true and a non-null status.nextPageState value.

To update the next batch of 20 documents, you must send a request with the nextPageState value from your previous request. For example:

  1. Send an initial request

    curl -sS -L -X POST "API_ENDPOINT/api/json/v1/KEYSPACE_NAME/COLLECTION_NAME" \
  --header "Token: APPLICATION_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "updateMany": {
    "filter": {"$and": [
      {"is_checked_out": false},
      {"number_of_pages": {"$lt": 300}}
    ]},
    "update": { "$set": { "color": "blue" } }
  }
}'

  2. Get the status.nextPageState value from the response

    {
  "status":{
    "matchedCount":20,
    "nextPageState":"LQAAAAEBAAAAJGU5ZTY4ODViLTM2MDEtNDhhMy1hNjg4LTViMzYwMWQ4YTNmZADwf///6wA=",
    "modifiedCount":20,
    "moreData":true
  }
}

  3. Use the status.nextPageState from the previous response to request the next page of results.

    curl -sS -L -X POST "API_ENDPOINT/api/json/v1/KEYSPACE_NAME/COLLECTION_NAME" \
  --header "Token: APPLICATION_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "updateMany": {
    "filter": {"$and": [
      {"is_checked_out": false},
      {"number_of_pages": {"$lt": 300}}
    ]},
    "update": { "$set": { "color": "blue" } },
    "options": {
      "pageState": "NEXT_PAGE_STATE_FROM_PRIOR_RESPONSE"
    }
  }
}'

  4. Once status.nextPageState is omitted from the response, you have updated all matching documents.

    {
  "status":{
    "matchedCount":0,
    "modifiedCount":0
  }
}

Work with . and & in field names

You must use & to escape any . or & in field names when the field is used in a filter, sort, or projection clause. Dot notation, which is used to reference nested fields, should not be escaped.

For example, in the following document, you would use escaping like this: areas.r&&d, costs.price&.usd, and costs.price&.cad.

{
  "areas": {
    "r&d": true,
    "design": false
  },
  "costs": {
    "price.usd": 100,
    "price.cad": 90
  }
}

  • Python

  • TypeScript

  • Java

  • curl

from astrapy import DataAPIClient

# Get an existing collection
client = DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN")
database = client.get_database("API_ENDPOINT")
collection = database.get_collection("COLLECTION_NAME")

# Find a document
result = collection.update_many(
    {
        "$and": [
            {"areas.r&&d": False},
            {"costs.price&.usd": {"$lt": 300}},
        ]
    },
    {"$set": {"areas.r&&d": True, "costs.price&.usd": 310}},
)

print(result)
import { DataAPIClient } from "@datastax/astra-db-ts";

// Get an existing collection
const client = new DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN");
const database = client.db("API_ENDPOINT");
const collection = database.collection("COLLECTION_NAME");

// Find a document
(async function () {
  const result = await collection.updateMany(
    {
      $and: [{ "areas.r&&d": false }, { "costs.price&.usd": { $lt: 300 } }],
    },
    {
      $set: {
        "areas.r&&d": true,
        "costs.price&.usd": 310,
      },
    },
  );

  console.log(result);
})();
import com.datastax.astra.client.DataAPIClient;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.Collection;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.commands.Update;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.commands.results.CollectionUpdateResult;
import com.datastax.astra.client.collections.definition.documents.Document;
import com.datastax.astra.client.core.query.Filter;
import com.datastax.astra.client.core.query.Filters;

public class Example {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Get an existing collection
    Collection<Document> collection =
        new DataAPIClient("APPLICATION_TOKEN")
            .getDatabase("API_ENDPOINT")
            .getCollection("COLLECTION_NAME");

    // Find a document
    Filter filter =
        Filters.and(Filters.eq("areas.r&&d", false), Filters.lt("costs.price&.usd", 300));
    Update update = Update.create().set("areas.r&&d", false).set("costs.price&.usd", 310);
    CollectionUpdateResult result = collection.updateMany(filter, update);
    System.out.println(result.getMatchedCount());
    System.out.println(result.getModifiedCount());
  }
}
curl -sS -L -X POST "API_ENDPOINT/api/json/v1/KEYSPACE_NAME/COLLECTION_NAME" \
  --header "Token: APPLICATION_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
  "updateMany": {
    "filter": {"$and": [
      {"areas.r&&d": false},
      {"costs.price&.usd": {"$lt": 300}}
    ]},
    "update": {
      "$set": {
        "areas.r&&d": true,
        "costs.price&.usd": 310
      }
    }
  }
}'

Client reference

  • Python

  • TypeScript

  • Java

  • curl

For more information, see the client reference.

For more information, see the client reference.

For more information, see the client reference.

Client reference documentation is not applicable for HTTP.

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