Create and update embedded documents with MongoEngine

gistfile1.py

# REF: http://www.quora.com/How-do-I-create-and-update-embedded-documents-with-MongoEngine

class Comment(EmbeddedDocument):
    content = StringField()
    name = StringField(max_length=120)


class Post(Document):
    title = StringField(max_length=120, required=True)
    author = StringField(required=True)
    tags = ListField(StringField(max_length=30))
    comments = ListField(EmbeddedDocumentField(Comment))


# Create a post:
post = Post(title="Quora rocks", author="Ross", tags=['tutorial', 'how-to'])
post.save()

# Find a post
post = Post.objects.find(title="Quora rocks").first()

# Create a new comment
comment = Comment(content="Great post!", name="john")

# Add to comments list and save
post.comments.append(comment)
post.save()

# To editing existing comments you can use atomic updates[1] or simply change the comment and call post.save() (this will also do an atomic update).

# Update a comment in place
post = Post.objects.find(title="Quora rocks").first()
post.comments[0].name = "John"
post.save()

# Or update with a set operation
post = Post.objects.find(title="Quora rocks", comment__name="john").update(set__comment__S__name="John)

is there a way to create a comment, while creating post object?

Thanks a lot!!

Very clear, thank you! Sometimes I feel like giving a useful example is an art 👍

can I add ObjectID in comment?

can I add ObjectID in comment?

Get the comment's id by

comment_id = str(comment.id)

can I add ObjectID in comment?

into class Comment(EmbeddedDocument):
add:
id = ObjectIdField(required = True, default = ObjectId,
unique = True, primary_key = True)

Small update :

post = Post.objects.find(title="Quora rocks", comment__name="john").update(set__comment__S__name="John)

As said in the previous comments:

• find is now get
• comment__name should be comments__name

Conclusion:

 post = Post.objects.get(title="Quora rocks", comments__name="john").update(set__comment__S__name="John)

comments = ListField(EmbeddedDocumentField(Comment)) causes this error "Invalid embedded document instance provided to an EmbeddedDocumentField:"
Thus, using this resolved my error
comments = ListField(EmbeddedDocumentField('Comment'))

Add to comments list and save

post.comments.append(comment)
post.save()

gives me this error:
ValidationError (Content:61728559370921cb26f21091) (Only lists and tuples may be used in a list field: ['geofences'])

UPDATE
That was a form validation error, caused by not reassigning the field geofences to the newly created list.
Sorry, but If for @pingwping is ok, I leave this comment as it can be of some help for someone else. so if you need, read below.

Where geofences is a Geofence(EmbeddedDocument)
and Content is a Document that has geofences: ListField(EmbeddedDocumentField(Geofence))

I used it like this:

new_gf = Geofence(
      id=str(uuid4()),
      address=geo_address,
      radius=float(geo_radius),
      latitude=float(geo_lat),
      longitude=float(geo_lng)
 )
content = self.get_content_by_id(content_id=content_id)
content.geofences.append(new_gf)
content.save()

The weird thing is, even if I am getting this error, the new_gf is correctly appended to the list, if I try to append a list it doesn't and it gives me error because it doesn't recognise the creation of the Geofence.

Am I doing something wrong?
Anyone noticed it?

Thanks to anyone who can help and thank you @pingwping for the useful gist 💥

If you have to update a list of fields based on a JSON or dictionary objects, you could also use the following:

update_comment = {content = "content update",
                  name = "name update"}

post = Post.objects.get(title="Quora rocks")
comment = post.comments.get(name="john")

for key in update:
    comment[key] = update_comment[key]

post.save()