AWS documentdb documentation change

Service: documentdb · 2026-03-31 · Documentation low

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

Summary

Added new documentation page for the $sort update modifier in Amazon DocumentDB, including syntax, parameters, MongoDB shell example, and code examples in Node.js and Python

Security assessment

This change adds documentation for a database operator ($sort) used with $push to order array elements. The code examples include TLS connection parameters (tls=true, tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem) which are standard security practices for DocumentDB connections, but this is not new security documentation - it's standard connection security that was likely already documented elsewhere. There is no evidence this addresses a specific security vulnerability or incident.

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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
+
+# $sort
+
+The `$sort` update modifier orders array elements when used with the `$push` operator. It arranges array elements in ascending or descending order based on specified field values or the elements themselves.
+
+**Parameters**
+
+  * `field`: The array field to modify.
+
+  * `order`: Use `1` for ascending order or `-1` for descending order.
+
+
+
+
+## Example (MongoDB Shell)
+
+The following example demonstrates using the `$sort` modifier with `$push` to add new quiz scores and keep them sorted in descending order.
+
+**Create sample documents**
+    
+    
+    db.students.insertOne({
+      _id: 1,
+      name: "Bob",
+      quizzes: [
+        { score: 85, date: "2024-01-15" },
+        { score: 92, date: "2024-02-10" }
+      ]
+    });
+
+**Query example**
+    
+    
+    db.students.updateOne(
+      { _id: 1 },
+      {
+        $push: {
+          quizzes: {
+            $each: [{ score: 78, date: "2024-03-05" }],
+            $sort: { score: -1 }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    )
+
+**Output**
+    
+    
+    {
+      "_id" : 1,
+      "name" : "Bob",
+      "quizzes" : [
+        { "score" : 92, "date" : "2024-02-10" },
+        { "score" : 85, "date" : "2024-01-15" },
+        { "score" : 78, "date" : "2024-03-05" }
+      ]
+    }
+
+## Code examples
+
+To view a code example for using the `$sort` update modifier, 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 },
+        {
+          $push: {
+            quizzes: {
+              $each: [{ score: 78, date: "2024-03-05" }],
+              $sort: { score: -1 }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      );
+    
+      const updatedDocument = await collection.findOne({ _id: 1 });
+      console.log(updatedDocument);
+    
+      await client.close();
+    }
+    
+    updateDocument();
+
+Python
+    
+    
+    
+    from pymongo import MongoClient
+    
+    def update_document():
+        client = MongoClient('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false')
+        db = client.test
+        collection = db.students
+    
+        collection.update_one(
+            {'_id': 1},
+            {
+                '$push': {
+                    'quizzes': {
+                        '$each': [{'score': 78, 'date': '2024-03-05'}],
+                        '$sort': {'score': -1}
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        )
+    
+        updated_document = collection.find_one({'_id': 1})
+        print(updated_document)
+    
+        client.close()
+    
+    update_document()
+
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+$unset
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