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

File: documentdb/latest/developerguide/exists.md

Summary

Entire documentation page for the $exists operator was removed, including examples, code samples, and usage instructions for sparse indexes in Amazon DocumentDB.

Security assessment

This change removes documentation about the $exists operator functionality. There is no evidence in the diff that this removal addresses a specific security vulnerability, weakness, or incident. The removed content appears to be standard operational documentation without security implications.

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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-# $exists
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-The `$exists` operator is used to check whether a field exists in a document or not. `$exists` particularly useful when working with sparse indexes in Amazon DocumentDB, where the indexed field may not be present in all documents.
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-To use a sparse index that you have created in a query, you must use the `$exists` clause on the fields that cover the index. If you omit `$exists`, Amazon DocumentDB will not use the sparse index for the query.
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-**Parameters**
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-  * `field`: The field name to check for existence.
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-  * `value`: A boolean value (`true` or `false`) that specifies whether the field should exist (`true`) or not exist (`false`) in the matching documents.
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-## Example (MongoDB Shell)
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-The following example demonstrates the use of the `$exists` operator with a sparse index on the `special_diets` field in the `food` collection.
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-**Create sample documents**
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-    
-    db.food.insertMany([
-      { _id: 1, name: "Apple", special_diets: ["vegetarian", "gluten-free"] },
-      { _id: 2, name: "Broccoli" },
-      { _id: 3, name: "Chicken", special_diets: ["dairy-free"] }
-    ]);
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-**Create a sparse index on the `special_diets` field**
-    
-    
-    db.food.createIndex({ "special_diets": 1 }, { sparse: true, name: "special_diets_sparse_asc" });
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-**Query example**
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-    
-    db.food.find({ "special_diets": { $exists: true } });
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-**Output**
-    
-    
-    [
-      { "_id" : 1, "name" : "Apple", "special_diets" : [ "vegetarian", "gluten-free" ] },
-      { "_id" : 3, "name" : "Chicken", "special_diets" : [ "dairy-free" ] }
-    ]
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-## Code examples
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-To view a code example for using the `$exists` command, choose the tab for the language that you want to use:
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-Node.js
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-    
-    const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb');
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-    async function main() {
-      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('food');
-    
-      const result = await collection.find({ "special_diets": { $exists: true } }).toArray();
-      console.log(result);
-    
-      await client.close();
-    }
-    
-    main();
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-Python
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-    
-    
-    import pymongo
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-    client = pymongo.MongoClient('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false')
-    db = client['test']
-    collection = db['food']
-    
-    result = list(collection.find({"special_diets": {"$exists": True}}))
-    print(result)
-    
-    client.close()
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-[Document Conventions](/general/latest/gr/docconventions.html)
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-$eq
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-$expr
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