var query = collection.find( { conditions } ).sort({$natural : -1}).limit(N);
query.exec(function(err, results) {
if (err) {
}
else if (results.length == 0) {
}
else {
results.reverse(); // put the results into the desired order
results.forEach(function(result) {
// do something with each result
});
}
});
var pipeline = [
{
"$match": { //stage 1: filter out a subset
"first_field": "needs to have this value",
"second_field": "needs to be this"
}
},
{
"$sort": { //stage 2: sort the remainder last-first
"timestamp": -1
}
},
{
"$limit": 20 //stage 3: keep only 20 of the descending order subset
},
{
"$sort": {
"rt": 1 //stage 4: sort back to ascending order
}
},
{
"$project": { //stage 5: add any fields you want to show in your results
"_id": 1,
"timestamp" : 1,
"whatever_field_you_want_to_show": 1
}
}
]
yourcollection.aggregate(pipeline, function resultCallBack(err, result) {
// account for (err)
// do something with (result)
}