How to Sort Documents in Ascending Order in Python


In this example we will show how to sort the documents in ascending order using sort() method in Python MongoDB.

Source Code

from pymongo import MongoClient

client = MongoClient("localhost", 27017)
db = client["mydatabase"]
collection = db["us_state"]

for x in collection.find().sort("Capital"):
    print(x)

Output:

{'_id': 10, 'State_name': 'Georgia', 'Abbreviation': 'GA', 'Capital': 'Atlanta', 'Total_area': 59425}
{'_id': 6, 'State_name': 'Colorado', 'Abbreviation': 'CO', 'Capital': 'Denver', 'Total_area': 104094}
{'_id': 8, 'State_name': 'Delaware', 'Abbreviation': 'DE', 'Capital': 'Dover', 'Total_area': 2489}
{'_id': 7, 'State_name': 'Connecticut', 'Abbreviation': 'CT', 'Capital': 'Hartford', 'Total_area': 5543}
{'_id': 2, 'State_name': 'Alaska', 'Abbreviation': 'AK', 'Capital': 'Juneau', 'Total_area': 665384}
{'_id': 4, 'State_name': 'Arkansas', 'Abbreviation': 'AR', 'Capital': 'Little Rock', 'Total_area': 53179}
{'_id': 1, 'State_name': 'Alabama', 'Abbreviation': 'AL', 'Capital': 'Montgomery', 'Total_area': 52420}
{'_id': 3, 'State_name': 'Arizona', 'Abbreviation': 'AZ', 'Capital': 'Phoenix', 'Total_area': 113990}
{'_id': 5, 'State_name': 'California', 'Abbreviation': 'CA', 'Capital': 'Sacramento', 'Total_area': 163695}
{'_id': 9, 'State_name': 'Florida', 'Abbreviation': 'FL', 'Capital': 'Tallahassee', 'Total_area': 65758}
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