Create

Create( collection_ref, parm_object )
Create( collection_ref, param_object )
Create( collection_ref, param_object )
Create( collection_ref, param_object )
create( collection_ref, param_object )
create collection_ref, param_object
Create( collection_ref, param_object )
Create( collection_ref, param_object )

Description

The Create function adds a new document to a collection. The collection_ref parameter indicates in what collection the document should be created, while param_object contains the document data and optional metadata.

Parameters

Argument Type Definition and Requirements

collection_ref

Ref

A reference type specifying which collection that the document should be created within.

param_object

Object

The param_object fields are described below.

param_object

Field Name Field Type Definition and Requirements

data

Object

The user’s single, changeable document.

credentials

Object

Optional - The permissions for this document.

delegates

Object

Optional - A group or delegates to check security. See delegates in the Security reference.

ttl

Timestamp

Optional - A timestamp indicating the document’s time-to-live, that is when the document should be removed. When a document is removed, the document’s existence ceases; temporal queries cannot recover the document.

Document removal is handled by a background task, so once the ttl "expires", it could be some time (hours or days) before the document removal occurs. There is no guarantee that removal actually occurs.

Returns

A document containing both the data and metadata about the results of the operations.

Field Name Field Type Definition and Requirements

ref

Reference

The reference is an automatically generated identifier within the database uniquely identifying the document created.

data

Object

The data that was inserted with the document.

ts

Long

The timestamp associated with the creation of the document.

Examples

The query below creates a document by providing a reference to the collection "spells" and a param_object with a data field. The data field contains the user data to be inserted for this document.

curl https://db.fauna.com/ \
    -u fnAChGwBcAACAO70ziE0cfROosNJHdgBmJU1PgpL: \
    -d '{
          "create": { "collection": "spells" },
          "params": {
            "object": {
              "data": {
                "object": {
                  "name": "Mountainous Thunder",
                  "element": "air",
                  "cost": 15
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }'
client.Query(
  Create(
    Collection("spells"),
    Obj(
      "data", Obj(
        "name", "Mountainous Thunder",
        "element", "air",
        "cost", 15
      )
    )));
System.out.println(
   client.query(
      Create(
            Collection(Value("spells")),
            Obj(
               "data", Obj(
                          "name", Value("Mountainous Thunder"),
                          "element", Value("air"),
                          "cost", Value(15)
                       )
            ))
   ).get());
result, _ := client.Query(
    f.Create(
        f.Collection("spells"),
        f.Obj{
            "data": f.Obj{
                "name": "Mountainous Thunder",
                "element": "air",
                "cost": 15,
            },
        },
    ),
)

fmt.Println(result)
client.query(
  Create(
    Collection("spells"),
    Obj(
      "data" -> Obj(
        "name" -> "Mountainous Thunder",
        "element" -> "air",
        "cost" -> 15
      )
    )))
client.query(
  q.create(
    q.collection("spells"),
    {
      "data": {"name": "Mountainous Thunder", "element": "air", "cost": 15}
    }
  ))
$client.query do
  create collection('spells'),
         data: { name: 'Mountainous Thunder', element: 'air', cost: 15 }
end
client.query(
    Create(
        at: Collection("spells"),
        Obj(
            "data" => Obj(
                "name" => "Mountainous Thunder",
                "element" => "air",
                "cost" => 15
            )
        )
    )
)
client.query(
  q.Create(
    q.Collection('spells'),
    {
      data: {
        name: 'Mountainous Thunder',
        element: 'air',
        cost: 15,
      },
    },
  )
)
.then((ret) => console.log(ret))
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
{
  "resource": {
    "ref": { "@ref": "classes/spells/181388642581742080" },
    "class": { "@ref": "classes/spells" },
    "ts": 1509244539709690,
    "data": {
      "name": "Mountainous Thunder",
      "element": "air",
      "cost": 15
    }
  }
}
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "classes/spells/181388642581742080" },
  "class": { "@ref": "classes/spells" },
  "ts": 1509244539709690,
  "data": {
    "name": "Mountainous Thunder",
    "element": "air",
    "cost": 15
  }
}
{
  ref: ref(id = "181388642581742080", collection = ref(id = "spells", collection = ref(id = "collections"))),
  ts: 1526674566636715,
  data: {
    name: "Mountainous Thunder",
    element: "air",
    cost: 15
  }
}
map[ref:{181388642581742080 0xc420215ee0 <nil>} ts:1509244539709690 data:map[cost:15 element:air name:Mountainous Thunder]]
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "classes/spells/181388642581742080" },
  "class": { "@ref": "classes/spells" },
  "ts": 1509244539709690,
  "data": {
    "name": "Mountainous Thunder",
    "element": "air",
    "cost": 15
  }
}
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "classes/spells/181388642581742080" },
  "class": { "@ref": "classes/spells" },
  "ts": 1509244539709690,
  "data": {
    "name": "Mountainous Thunder",
    "element": "air",
    "cost": 15
  }
}
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "classes/spells/181388642581742080" },
  "class": { "@ref": "classes/spells" },
  "ts": 1509244539709690,
  "data": {
    "name": "Mountainous Thunder",
    "element": "air",
    "cost": 15
  }
}
{
  "ref": { "@ref": "classes/spells/181388642581742080" },
  "class": { "@ref": "classes/spells" },
  "ts": 1509244539709690,
  "data": {
    "name": "Mountainous Thunder",
    "element": "air",
    "cost": 15
  }
}
{ ref:
  Ref(id=181388642581742080, collection=Ref(id=spells, collection=Ref(id=collections))),
  ts: 1527274715273882,
  data: { name: 'Mountainous Thunder', element: 'air', cost: 15 } }

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