db.help() in mongoDB

help()

This method returns text output listing common methods on the db object.

Syntax:

db.help() 

Example

MongoDB

db.help()

Output:

DB methods:
        db.adminCommand(nameOrDocument) - switches to 'admin' db, and runs command [just calls db.runCommand(...)]
        db.aggregate([pipeline], {options}) - performs a collectionless aggregation on this database; returns a cursor
        db.auth(username, password)
        db.commandHelp(name) returns the help for the command
        db.createUser(userDocument)
        db.createView(name, viewOn, [{$operator: {...}}, ...], {viewOptions})
        db.currentOp() displays currently executing operations in the db
        db.dropDatabase(writeConcern)
        db.dropUser(username)
        db.eval() - deprecated
        db.fsyncLock() flush data to disk and lock server for backups
        db.fsyncUnlock() unlocks server following a db.fsyncLock()
        db.getCollection(cname) same as db['cname'] or db.cname
        db.getCollectionInfos([filter]) - returns a list that contains the names and options of the db's collections
        db.getCollectionNames()
        db.getLastError() - just returns the err msg string
        db.getLastErrorObj() - return full status object
        db.getLogComponents()
        db.getMongo() get the server connection object
        db.getMongo().setSecondaryOk() allow queries on a replication secondary server
        db.getName()
        db.getProfilingLevel() - deprecated
        db.getProfilingStatus() - returns if profiling is on and slow threshold
        db.getReplicationInfo()
        db.getSiblingDB(name) get the db at the same server as this one
        db.getWriteConcern() - returns the write concern used for any operations on this db, inherited from server object if set
        db.hostInfo() get details about the server's host
        db.isMaster() check replica primary status
        db.hello() check replica primary status
        db.killOp(opid) kills the current operation in the db
        db.listCommands() lists all the db commands
        db.loadServerScripts() loads all the scripts in db.system.js
        db.logout()
        db.printCollectionStats()
        db.printReplicationInfo()
        db.printShardingStatus()
        db.printSecondaryReplicationInfo()
        db.rotateCertificates(message) - rotates certificates, CRLs, and CA files and logs an optional message
        db.runCommand(cmdObj) run a database command.  if cmdObj is a string, turns it into {cmdObj: 1}
        db.serverStatus()
        db.setLogLevel(level,<component>)
        db.setProfilingLevel(level,slowms) 0=off 1=slow 2=all
        db.setVerboseShell(flag) display extra information in shell output
        db.setWriteConcern(<write concern doc>) - sets the write concern for writes to the db
        db.shutdownServer()
        db.stats()
        db.unsetWriteConcern(<write concern doc>) - unsets the write concern for writes to the db
        db.version() current version of the server
        db.watch() - opens a change stream cursor for a database to report on all  changes to its non-system collections.