Random Document Selector from MongoDB Collection

This function uses the Motor library to connect to a MongoDB database, randomly selects a document from the specified collection, and returns it.

Technology Stack : Motor, MongoDB, Python

Code Type : Database operation

Code Difficulty : Intermediate

                
                    
def get_random_document(collection, query):
    import motor.motor_asyncio
    from motor.motor_asyncio import AsyncIOMotorClient
    import random

    # Connect to MongoDB using Motor
    client = AsyncIOMotorClient('localhost', 27017)
    db = client['mydatabase']
    collection = db[collection]

    # Query the collection
    documents = list(collection.find(query))

    # Get a random document
    random_document = random.choice(documents)

    # Close the connection
    client.close()

    return random_document