Method scalar

mongoengine/queryset/base.py:1270–1291

Instead of returning Document instances, return either a specific value or a tuple of values in order. Can be used along with :func:`~mongoengine.queryset.QuerySet.no_dereference` to turn off dereferencing. .. note:: This effects all results and can be unset

(self, *fields)

        return queryset

    def scalar(self, *fields):
        """Instead of returning Document instances, return either a specific
        value or a tuple of values in order.

        Can be used along with
        :func:`~mongoengine.queryset.QuerySet.no_dereference` to turn off
        dereferencing.

        .. note:: This effects all results and can be unset by calling
                  ``scalar`` without arguments. Calls ``only`` automatically.

        :param fields: One or more fields to return instead of a Document.
        """
        queryset = self.clone()
        queryset._scalar = list(fields)

        if fields:
            queryset = queryset.only(*fields)
        else:
            queryset = queryset.all_fields()

        return queryset

    def values_list(self, *fields):
        """An alias for scalar"""