Creating a sparse index with pymongo

Question

I need to create a sparse index from the python script using pymongo.

It seems like both collection.create_index and collection.ensure_index don't support sparse option.

According to the mongodb issue tracker perl and php drivers do support sparse option to ensure_index command already; looks like there is no plans to make it available in the python driver..

Are there any alternative ways to create a sparse index using pymongo?

Zaid Masud · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-11 10:49:19Z

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I have to agree that the documentation isn't great here, but this works for me:

my_collection.ensure_index("mike", sparse = True)

edited Jun 11, 2013 at 10:49

answered Jun 11, 2013 at 10:43

Zaid Masud

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A. Jesse Jiryu Davis Over a year ago

I've added documentation for this, thanks for bringing it to my attention: github.com/mongodb/mongo-python-driver/commit/…

alecxe Over a year ago

@A.JesseJiryuDavis, and, also special thank you for all of your work on motor.

Liqang Liu Over a year ago

it's DEPRECATED now。

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