<section>
 <h1 class="contains-headerlink leafygreen-ui-41fr9s" weight="medium">
  cursor.addOption()
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   On this page
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   <li class="leafygreen-ui-1e7a0ei">
    <a class="lg-ui-0001 leafygreen-ui-e98ikf" href="#definition" target="_self">
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      Definition
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   <li class="leafygreen-ui-1jqtqlb">
    <a class="lg-ui-0001 leafygreen-ui-cpmeq5" href="#flags" target="_self">
     <span>
      Flags
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      Example
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   Definition
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  <dl class="method">
   <dt>
    <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
     cursor.addOption(flag)
    </code>
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    </a>
   </dt>
   <dd>
    <div class="leafygreen-ui-85da11" role="note">
     <h2 class="leafygreen-ui-1ac4g5h">
      Important
     </h2>
     <h3 class="leafygreen-ui-144d5kf">
      <strong>
       mongosh Method
      </strong>
     </h3>
     <div class="leafygreen-ui-9mycqc">
      <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
       This page documents a
       <a class="lg-ui-0001 leafygreen-ui-fgcsv5" href="https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongodb-shell/#mongodb-binary-bin.mongosh" target="_self">
        <span>
         <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
          mongosh
         </code>
        </span>
       </a>
       method. This is
       <em>
        not
       </em>
       the documentation for a language-specific driver, such as Node.js.
      </p>
      <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
       For MongoDB API drivers, refer to the language-specific
       <a class="lg-ui-0001 leafygreen-ui-fgcsv5" href="https://www.mongodb.com/docs/drivers/" target="_self">
        <span>
         MongoDB driver documentation
         <!-- -->
         .
        </span>
       </a>
      </p>
     </div>
    </div>
    <div class="leafygreen-ui-15mdk4" role="note">
     <h2 class="leafygreen-ui-6n7b7d">
      Note
     </h2>
     <h3 class="leafygreen-ui-144d5kf">
      <strong>
       Deprecated since v3.2
      </strong>
     </h3>
     <div class="leafygreen-ui-9mycqc">
      <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
       Starting in v3.2, the
       <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
        cursor.addOption()
       </code>
       operator is
deprecated in
       <a class="leafygreen-ui-tqgtui" href="/docs/manual/reference/mongo/#mongodb-binary-bin.mongo">
        <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
         mongo
        </code>
       </a>
       . Use available
       <a class="leafygreen-ui-tqgtui" href="/docs/manual/reference/method/js-cursor/#std-label-doc-cursor-methods">
        cursor
methods
       </a>
       instead.
      </p>
     </div>
    </div>
    <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
     Used to change query behavior by setting the flags listed below.
    </p>
    <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
     The
     <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
      cursor.addOption()
     </code>
     method has the following parameter:
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          <div>
           Parameter
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         </div>
        </th>
        <th class="leafygreen-ui-13uteka" role="columnheader" scope="col">
         <div class="leafygreen-ui-ui0te9">
          <div>
           Type
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        </th>
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         <div class="leafygreen-ui-ui0te9">
          <div>
           Description
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      <tbody>
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        <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
         <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
          <div>
           <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
            flag
           </code>
          </div>
         </div>
        </td>
        <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
         <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
          <div>
           flag
          </div>
         </div>
        </td>
        <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
         <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
          <div>
           For
           <a class="lg-ui-0001 leafygreen-ui-fgcsv5" href="https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongodb-shell/#mongodb-binary-bin.mongosh" target="_self">
            <span>
             <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
              mongosh
             </code>
            </span>
           </a>
           , you can use the cursor flags
listed below. For the driver-specific list, see your
           <a class="lg-ui-0001 leafygreen-ui-fgcsv5" href="https://www.mongodb.com/docs/drivers/" target="_self">
            <span>
             driver documentation
             <!-- -->
             .
            </span>
           </a>
          </div>
         </div>
        </td>
       </tr>
      </tbody>
     </table>
    </div>
   </dd>
  </dl>
  <span class="leafygreen-ui-1qnjd6d" id="std-label-cursor-flags">
  </span>
 </section>
 <section>
  <h2 class="contains-headerlink leafygreen-ui-19f71ei" weight="medium">
   Flags
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     <path d="M9.961 6.047c.12.12.228.248.327.38l-1.45 1.445a1.553 1.553 0 0 0-2.496-.423l-2.885 2.87a1.57 1.57 0 0 0-.01 2.213 1.553 1.553 0 0 0 2.203.01l.379-.377a.995.995 0 0 1 1.411.006 1.005 1.005 0 0 1-.006 1.418l-.38.377a3.542 3.542 0 0 1-5.024-.023 3.58 3.58 0 0 1 .022-5.047l2.884-2.871a3.542 3.542 0 0 1 5.025.022Z" fill="currentColor">
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    <div class="css-1btu0w3 evvkmar0" id="flags">
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   </a>
  </h2>
  <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
   <a class="lg-ui-0001 leafygreen-ui-fgcsv5" href="https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongodb-shell/#mongodb-binary-bin.mongosh" target="_self">
    <span>
     <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
      mongosh
     </code>
    </span>
   </a>
   provides several additional cursor flags to
modify the behavior of the cursor.
  </p>
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         Flag
        </div>
       </div>
      </th>
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       <div class="leafygreen-ui-ui0te9">
        <div>
         Description
        </div>
       </div>
      </th>
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        <div>
         <dl class="data">
          <dt>
           <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
            DBQuery.Option.tailable
           </code>
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          <dd>
          </dd>
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        </div>
       </div>
      </td>
      <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
       <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
        <div>
         Sets the cursor not to close once the last data is
received, allowing the query to continue returning data added
after the initial results were exhausted.
        </div>
       </div>
      </td>
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      <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
       <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
        <div>
         <dl class="data">
          <dt>
           <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
            DBQuery.Option.slaveOk
           </code>
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           </a>
          </dt>
          <dd>
          </dd>
         </dl>
        </div>
       </div>
      </td>
      <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
       <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
        <div>
         Allows querying of a replica secondary.
        </div>
       </div>
      </td>
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      <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
       <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
        <div>
         <dl class="data">
          <dt>
           <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
            DBQuery.Option.noTimeout
           </code>
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            <div class="css-1btu0w3 evvkmar0" id="mongodb-data-DBQuery.Option.noTimeout">
            </div>
           </a>
          </dt>
          <dd>
          </dd>
         </dl>
        </div>
       </div>
      </td>
      <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
       <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
        <div>
         Prevents the server from timing out idle cursors.
        </div>
       </div>
      </td>
     </tr>
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      <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
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        <div>
         <dl class="data">
          <dt>
           <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
            DBQuery.Option.awaitData
           </code>
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          </dt>
          <dd>
          </dd>
         </dl>
        </div>
       </div>
      </td>
      <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
       <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
        <div>
         For use with
         <a class="lg-ui-0001 leafygreen-ui-fgcsv5" href="#mongodb-data-DBQuery.Option.tailable" target="_self">
          <span>
           <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
            DBQuery.Option.tailable
           </code>
          </span>
         </a>
         .
Sets the cursor to block the query thread when no data is
available and await data for a set time instead of immediately
returning no data. The cursor returns no data only if the
timeout expires.
        </div>
       </div>
      </td>
     </tr>
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            DBQuery.Option.exhaust
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         Sets the cursor to return all data returned by the
query at once rather than splitting the results into batches.
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            DBQuery.Option.partial
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         Sets the cursor to return partial data from a query against a
sharded cluster in which some shards do not respond rather than
throwing an error.
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   The following example adds the
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    DBQuery.Option.tailable
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   flag and the
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    DBQuery.Option.awaitData
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   flag to ensure that the query returns a
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    tailable cursor
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   . The sequence
creates a cursor. After returning the full result set, it waits for the
default interval of 1000 milliseconds so that it can capture
and return additional data added during the query:
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