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

File: documentdb/latest/developerguide/setOnInsert.md

Summary

Entire documentation page for $setOnInsert operator removed, including examples in MongoDB shell, Node.js, and Python

Security assessment

This change removes documentation about the $setOnInsert operator but shows no evidence of addressing a security vulnerability. The removed content includes standard usage examples and connection strings with placeholders, but no security warnings, vulnerability disclosures, or security-related content. This appears to be routine documentation maintenance or restructuring.

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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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-# $setOnInsert
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-The `$setOnInsert` operator in Amazon DocumentDB is used to set the value of a field if a document is being inserted, but it has no effect if the document is being updated.
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-**Parameters**
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-  * `field`: The field to be set.
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-  * `value`: The value to assign to the field.
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-
-
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-## Example (MongoDB Shell)
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-The following example demonstrates the usage of the `$setOnInsert` operator in Amazon DocumentDB. It creates a new document if the document does not already exist, but it has no effect if the document is being updated.
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-**Create sample documents**
-    
-    
-    db.users.insertOne({
-      _id: 1,
-      name: "John Doe",
-      age: 30
-    })
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-**Query example 1 - Update existing document**
-    
-    
-    db.users.update(
-      { _id: 1 },
-      {
-        $set: { age: 31 },
-        $setOnInsert: { createdAt: new Date() }
-      },
-      { upsert: true }
-    )
-
-**Output 1**
-    
-    
-    {
-      _id: 1,
-      name: "John Doe",
-      age: 31
-    }
-
-The output shows that the document was updated, but the `createdAt` field was **NOT added** since the document already existed. The `$setOnInsert` operator only applies when inserting new documents.
-
-**Query example 2 - Insert new document (upsert)**
-    
-    
-    db.users.update(
-      { _id: 2 },
-      {
-        $set: { name: "Jane Smith", age: 25 },
-        $setOnInsert: { createdAt: new Date() }
-      },
-      { upsert: true }
-    )
-
-**Output 2**
-    
-    
-    {
-      _id: 2,
-      name: "Jane Smith", 
-      age: 25,
-      createdAt: ISODate("2025-10-31T09:57:52.459Z")
-    }
-    }
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-## Code examples
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-To view a code example for using the `$setOnInsert` command, choose the tab for the language that you want to use:
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-Node.js
-    
-    
-    
-    const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb');
-    
-    async function updateWithSetOnInsert() {
-      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 users = db.collection('users');
-    
-      await users.updateOne(
-        { _id: 1 },
-        {
-          $set: { age: 31 },
-          $setOnInsert: { createdAt: new Date() }
-        },
-        { upsert: true }
-      );
-    
-      const updatedUser = await users.findOne({ _id: 1 });
-      console.log(updatedUser);
-    
-      await client.close();
-    }
-    
-    updateWithSetOnInsert();
-
-Python
-    
-    
-    
-    from pymongo import MongoClient
-    
-    def update_with_set_on_insert():
-        client = MongoClient('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false')
-        db = client['test']
-        users = db['users']
-    
-        result = users.update_one(
-            {'_id': 1},
-            {
-                '$set': {'age': 31},
-                '$setOnInsert': {'createdAt': datetime.datetime.now()}
-            },
-            upsert=True
-        )
-    
-        updated_user = users.find_one({'_id': 1})
-        print(updated_user)
-    
-        client.close()
-    
-    update_with_set_on_insert()
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-[Document Conventions](/general/latest/gr/docconventions.html)
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