Convert MongoDB Find() return information to String with PyMongo

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I am trying to connect to my Twitter application by fetching the consumer key and access token from a MongoDatabase. I'm relatively new to MongoDB and am still trying to get a handle on things. I need the data as a string, but it's being returned as a cursor. I understand that what I have so far won't be the exact value im looking for, but rather something like

{"value" : "ggggktjjjfr4kf0k04kf0rkforvo"}

but if I could at least get this as a string I could begin to decode it. Any advice would be appreciated.

consumer_key = collection_Authentication.find({"name":"consumer_key"}, {"_id":0, "value":1})
consumer_secret=collection_Authentication.find({"name":"consumer_secret"}, {"_id":0, "value":1})
access_token = collection_Authentication.find({"name":"access_token"}, {"_id":0, "value":1})
access_secret = collection_Authentication.find({"name":"access_secret"}, {"_id":0, "value":1})

Use .find_one() and access the key of the dict returned. i.e consumer_key = collection_Authentication.find_one({"name":"consumer_key"}, {"_id":0, "value":1})["value"] — Neil Lunn
– Neil Lunn, Commented Jul 13, 2017 at 4:42

A. Jesse Jiryu Davis · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-13 11:43:46Z

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Something like:

consumer_key = collection_Authentication.find_one({"name":"consumer_key"})["value"]

Use find_one to get the document immediately. In Python the document is represented as a dict, so retrieve the string by its field name, "value", using brackets: ["value"].

answered Jul 13, 2017 at 11:43

A. Jesse Jiryu Davis

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