Deleting multiple records using PyMongo

Sometimes, you need to delete a single record, while at other times you need to delete many. This recipe shows you how to delete multiple records matching a filter.

Getting ready

As before, determine the records that you want to delete, and create a filter for them.

How to do it…

from pymongo import MongoClient
client = MongoClient('localhost', 27017)
db = client.pythonbicookbook
customers = db.customers
result = customers.delete_many({
'contact_requested': False })
print(result.deleted_count)

How it works…

Given a filter, delete_many() deletes all the records matching the filter. We then print out the number of records deleted.

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