How to get dictionary object in Mongoengine Python?
mongoengine, pymongo, python
Solution
In `BaseQueryList` there is one method called `as_pymongo`, we can use this to get rows as `list` of `dict` like where we get `pymongo`. The following is an example
users = User.objects(location = 'US').as_pymongo()
OR
In `BaseQueryList` there are in list of `User` class objects.
In `User` class object there is one method called `_data`, this will returns data as `dict`
So you can try like following
users = [user._data for user in users._iter_results()]
It could be help you.
Problem
On querying pymongo i get a dictionary object that can be sent directly as a response to the api request. Where as mongoengine returns a Document object on querying database. So I have to parse every object before it can be sent as the response in the api. this is how I have to query in mongoengine. `users = User.objects(location = 'US') ` This will return me a `BaseQueryList` object which contains User model type object. Instead I need that it should return me a list of dictionary type objects of Users.