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Updating multiple documents

Sometimes, multiple documents need the same update: when correcting an error or tagging records that meet certain conditions, for example. That's where .update_many() comes in.

In this exercise, you'll use it to tag Oscar-winning movies that also have a rating above 7.0 as favorites.

This exercise is part of the course

Introduction to MongoDB in Python

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Exercise instructions

  • Define query_filter so it matches all movies where "won_oscar" is equal to True, and "rating" is greater than 7.0.
  • Define update to $set a new field "is_favorite" to True.
  • Perform the update for all documents that match query_filter.
  • Print out how many documents were affected by this update.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Filter for Oscar winning movies with rating greater than 7.0
query_filter = {
  "____": ____,
  "____": { "____": ____ }
}

# Update to set is_favorite to True
update = ____

# Perform update for all documents that match filter
res = ____

# How many documents were affected?
print(____)
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