Node.js MongoDB Sort

✅ Node.js MongoDB Sort

Sorting in MongoDB is done using the .sort() method.

It works with:

1 → Ascending (A → Z / Small → Large)
-1 → Descending (Z → A / Large → Small)

You can use sort with any find() query.

⭐ 1. Sort Ascending

Sort customers by name (A–Z)

⭐ 2. Sort Descending

Sort customers by name (Z–A)

⭐ 3. Sort by Multiple Fields

Sort by city ASC, then age DESC

This means:

First sort by city A → Z
If two documents have same city, sort them by age high → low

⭐ 4. Sort with Query Filters

Example: Find all customers in Surat and sort by age descending.

⭐ 5. Sort with Limit

Example: Get top 5 oldest customers.

⭐ 6. Full Example Program

const { MongoClient } = require("mongodb");

const url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/";
const client = new MongoClient(url);

async function run() {
try {
await client.connect();

const db = client.db("mydb");
const collection = db.collection("customers");

const results = await collection
.find()
.sort({ name: 1 }) // sort by name ASC
.toArray();

console.log(results);
} finally {
await client.close();
}
}

run();

const { MongoClient } = require("mongodb");

const url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/";

const client = new MongoClient(url);

async function run() {

try {

await client.connect();

const db = client.db("mydb");

const collection = db.collection("customers");

const results = await collection

.find()

.sort({ name: 1 }) // sort by name ASC

.toArray();

console.log(results);

} finally {

await client.close();

}

run();

Node.js MongoDB Sort