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

File: documentdb/latest/developerguide/ifNull.md

Summary

Entire documentation page for the $ifNull operator has been removed, including all examples, code samples, and explanatory content

Security assessment

This change removes documentation for a MongoDB operator ($ifNull) but provides no evidence of security vulnerability or security-related context. The removal appears to be a routine documentation cleanup or restructuring, not related to addressing any security issue. The examples removed were standard MongoDB aggregation examples with no security implications mentioned.

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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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-# $ifNull
-
-The `$ifNull` operator is used to return a specified value if the input expression evaluates to null or undefined. This operator can be useful in scenarios where you want to provide a default value or handle null/undefined cases.
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-**Parameters**
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-  * `expression`: The expression to evaluate.
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-  * `replacement`: The value to return if the `<expression>` evaluates to null or undefined.
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-
-
-
-## Example (MongoDB Shell)
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-The following example demonstrates the usage of the `$ifNull` operator to provide a default value when the `name` field is null or undefined.
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-**Create sample documents**
-    
-    
-    db.users.insertMany([
-      { _id: 1, name: "John" },
-      { _id: 2, name: null },
-      { _id: 3 }
-    ]);
-
-**Query example**
-    
-    
-    db.users.aggregate([
-      {
-        $project: {
-          _id: 1,
-          name: { $ifNull: ["$name", "No Name"] }
-        }
-      }
-    ]);
-
-**Output**
-    
-    
-    [
-      { "_id": 1, "name": "John" },
-      { "_id": 2, "name": "No Name" },
-      { "_id": 3, "name": "No Name" }
-    ]
-
-## Code examples
-
-To view a code example for using the `$ifNull` command, choose the tab for the language that you want to use:
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-Node.js
-    
-    
-    
-    const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb');
-    
-    async function example() {
-      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('users');
-    
-      const pipeline = [
-        {
-          $project: {
-            _id: 1,
-            name: { $ifNull: ["$name", "No Name"] }
-          }
-        }
-      ];
-    
-      const cursor = await collection.aggregate(pipeline);
-    
-      await cursor.forEach(doc => {
-        console.log(doc);
-      });
-    
-      await client.close();
-    
-    }
-    
-    example();
-
-Python
-    
-    
-    
-    from pymongo import MongoClient
-    
-    def example():
-        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.users
-    
-        pipeline = [
-            {
-                "$project": {
-                    "_id": 1,
-                    "name": { "$ifNull": ["$name", "No Name"] }
-                }
-            }
-        ]
-    
-        result = collection.aggregate(pipeline)
-    
-        for doc in result:
-            print(doc)
-    
-        client.close()
-    
-    example()
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