Question

Mongo keeps giving me syntax error on this line;

existingVideo = self.request.root.db.videos.find_one( { '$or' : [ { '_id' : ObjectId( video["serverVideoID"] ) } , '$and' : [ { '_id' : serverAuthorID } , { 'clientGUID' : video['clientGUID'] } ] ] })

but I can’t see what’s wrong with it. It looks valid to me, but can anyone spot the error here?

Answer 1

It looks like you are missing one set of { } around the $and clause.

Your query should be:

existingVideo = self.request.root.db.videos.find_one( 
{ '$or' : 
   [ 
     { '_id' : ObjectId( video["serverVideoID"] ) 
     } , 
     {'$and' : 
           [ { '_id' : serverAuthorID } , { 'clientGUID' : video['clientGUID'] } 
           ] 
     } 
   ] 
})