Method list_collection_names

pymongo/synchronous/database.py:1222–1254

Get a list of all the collection names in this database. For example, to list all non-system collections:: filter = {"name": {"$regex": r"^(?!system\\.)"}} db.list_collection_names(filter=filter) :param session: a :class:`~pymongo.client_session

(
        self,
        session: Optional[ClientSession] = None,
        filter: Optional[Mapping[str, Any]] = None,
        comment: Optional[Any] = None,
        **kwargs: Any,
    )

        ]

    def list_collection_names(
        self,
        session: Optional[ClientSession] = None,
        filter: Optional[Mapping[str, Any]] = None,
        comment: Optional[Any] = None,
        **kwargs: Any,
    ) -> list[str]:
        """Get a list of all the collection names in this database.

        For example, to list all non-system collections::

            filter = {"name": {"$regex": r"^(?!system\\.)"}}
            db.list_collection_names(filter=filter)

        :param session: a
            :class:`~pymongo.client_session.ClientSession`.
        :param filter:  A query document to filter the list of
            collections returned from the listCollections command.
        :param comment: A user-provided comment to attach to this
            command.
        :param kwargs: Optional parameters of the
            `listCollections command
            <https://mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/command/listCollections/>`_
            can be passed as keyword arguments to this method. The supported
            options differ by server version.


        .. versionchanged:: 3.8
           Added the ``filter`` and ``**kwargs`` parameters.

        .. versionadded:: 3.6
        """
        return self._list_collection_names(session, filter, comment, **kwargs)

    def _drop_helper(
        self, name: str, session: Optional[ClientSession] = None, comment: Optional[Any] = None