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Service: documentdb · 2026-03-28 · Documentation low

File: documentdb/latest/developerguide/dollarIdentifier-update.md

Summary

Entire documentation page for the $[<identifier>] filtered positional operator was removed, including all examples, parameters, and code samples in Node.js and Python.

Security assessment

The change removes documentation about a MongoDB update operator feature. There is no evidence in the diff that this removal addresses a specific security vulnerability, weakness, or incident. The removal appears to be a routine documentation cleanup or restructuring.

Diff

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-[Documentation](/index.html)[Amazon DocumentDB](/documentdb/index.html)[Developer Guide](what-is.html)
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-Example (MongoDB Shell)Code examples
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-# $[<identifier>]
-
-The `$[<identifier>]` filtered positional operator updates all array elements that match the specified filter conditions. It is used with the `arrayFilters` option to selectively update array elements.
-
-**Parameters**
-
-  * `field.$[identifier]`: The array field with the filtered positional operator.
-
-  * `arrayFilters`: An array of filter conditions that determine which elements to update.
-
-
-
-
-## Example (MongoDB Shell)
-
-The following example demonstrates using the `$[<identifier>]` operator to update specific array elements based on a condition.
-
-**Create sample documents**
-    
-    
-    db.students.insertOne({
-      _id: 1,
-      name: "Alice",
-      grades: [
-        { subject: "Math", score: 85 },
-        { subject: "Science", score: 92 },
-        { subject: "History", score: 78 }
-      ]
-    });
-
-**Query example**
-    
-    
-    db.students.updateOne(
-      { _id: 1 },
-      { $inc: { "grades.$[elem].score": 5 } },
-      { arrayFilters: [{ "elem.score": { $gte: 80 } }] }
-    );
-
-**Output**
-    
-    
-    {
-      "_id" : 1,
-      "name" : "Alice",
-      "grades" : [
-        { "subject" : "Math", "score" : 90 },
-        { "subject" : "Science", "score" : 97 },
-        { "subject" : "History", "score" : 78 }
-      ]
-    }
-
-## Code examples
-
-To view a code example for using the `$[<identifier>]` operator, choose the tab for the language that you want to use:
-
-Node.js
-    
-    
-    
-    const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb');
-    
-    async function updateDocument() {
-      const client = await MongoClient.connect('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false');
-      const db = client.db('test');
-      const collection = db.collection('students');
-    
-      await collection.updateOne(
-        { _id: 1 },
-        { $inc: { "grades.$[elem].score": 5 } },
-        { arrayFilters: [{ "elem.score": { $gte: 80 } }] }
-      );
-    
-      const updatedDocument = await collection.findOne({ _id: 1 });
-      console.log(updatedDocument);
-    
-      await client.close();
-    }
-    
-    updateDocument();
-
-Python
-    
-    
-    
-    from pymongo import MongoClient
-    
-    def update_document():
-        client = MongoClient('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false')
-        db = client.test
-        collection = db.students
-    
-        collection.update_one(
-            {'_id': 1},
-            {'$inc': {'grades.$[elem].score': 5}},
-            array_filters=[{'elem.score': {'$gte': 80}}]
-        )
-    
-        updated_document = collection.find_one({'_id': 1})
-        print(updated_document)
-    
-        client.close()
-    
-    update_document()
-
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-[Document Conventions](/general/latest/gr/docconventions.html)
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-$[]
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-$addToSet
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