How Can I Achieve Efficient MongoDB Pagination with mgo.v2?

Efficient MongoDB Pagination using mgo

MongoDB provides built-in support for pagination using Query.Skip() and Query.Limit(). However, this method can be slow for large result sets, as MongoDB must iterate through all the result documents to omit the ones that need to be skipped.

MongoDB offers a solution by providing a cursor.min() feature that allows you to specify the first index entry from which to list results. Unfortunately, the mgo.v2 driver does not have API calls to specify cursor.min().

To achieve efficient paging using MongoDB's cursor.min() feature with mgo.v2, you can use the Database.Run() method to execute MongoDB commands directly. The find command supports specifying the min argument.

After each batch of results, you can generate the min document from the last document of the query result and set it before executing the query for the next batch. The min document should contain the values of the index entry used to execute the query.

This process can be done manually, as described in the answer, or you can use a third-party library like github.com/icza/minquery, which provides a wrapper for configuring and executing MongoDB find commands, including specifying a cursor.

Using minquery, you can specify the min cursor like this:

q := minquery.New(session.DB(""), "users", bson.M{"country": "USA"}).
    Sort("name", "_id").Limit(10).
    Cursor(cursor)

where cursor is the cursor obtained from the previous batch.

Note that when using MinQuery.All(), you need to provide the names of the cursor fields as the last argument. Also, if you're retrieving partial results, you must include all the fields that are part of the cursor (the index entry) even if you don't intend to use them directly, as MinQuery.All() will need all the values of the cursor fields to create the proper cursor value.

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