getCollection() – Return a collection object command

Returns the full name of a specified collection.

Syntax diagram

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramdb.getCollection("<collectionName>")

Command parameters

collectionName
Name of a collection.

Output

Returns the full name of the collection.

Examples

The following example shows the command syntax for retrieving the full name of the collection Friends:
db.getCollection("Friends")
The following example shows the syntax of a value returned from running the getCollection command:
TEST."Friends"