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  HexData()
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   On this page
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      Definition
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      Syntax
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      Command Fields
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      Examples
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   Definition
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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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  <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
   Creates a binary data object from hexadecimal data.
  </p>
 </section>
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   Syntax
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     </path>
     <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="syntax">
    </div>
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  </h2>
  <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
   <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
    HexData()
   </code>
   has the following syntax:
  </p>
  <dl class="method">
   <dt>
    <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
     HexData( &lt;subType&gt;, &lt;buffer&gt; )
    </code>
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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>
    </a>
   </dt>
   <dd>
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     <colgroup>
      <col class="field-name"/>
      <col class="field-body"/>
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     <tbody>
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       <th>
        Returns
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        :
       </th>
       <td>
        Binary data object.
       </td>
      </tr>
     </tbody>
    </table>
   </dd>
  </dl>
 </section>
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   Command Fields
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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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  <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
   The command takes these fields:
  </p>
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    <colgroup>
     <col style="width:20%"/>
     <col style="width:20%"/>
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     <col style="width:40%"/>
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    <thead class="leafygreen-ui-a9ho40">
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      <th class="leafygreen-ui-1trtg6r" role="columnheader" scope="col">
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        <div>
         Field
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      </th>
      <th class="leafygreen-ui-13uteka" role="columnheader" scope="col">
       <div class="leafygreen-ui-ui0te9">
        <div>
         Type
        </div>
       </div>
      </th>
      <th class="leafygreen-ui-13uteka" role="columnheader" scope="col">
       <div class="leafygreen-ui-ui0te9">
        <div>
         Necessity
        </div>
       </div>
      </th>
      <th class="leafygreen-ui-13uteka" role="columnheader" scope="col">
       <div class="leafygreen-ui-ui0te9">
        <div>
         Description
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        <div>
         <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
          subType
         </code>
        </div>
       </div>
      </td>
      <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
       <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
        <div>
         integer
        </div>
       </div>
      </td>
      <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
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        <div>
         Required
        </div>
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        <div>
         <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
          Specify a data subtype:
         </p>
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           <colgroup>
            <col style="width:10%"/>
            <col style="width:30%"/>
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              <div class="leafygreen-ui-ui0te9">
               <div>
                Number
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             </th>
             <th class="leafygreen-ui-13uteka" role="columnheader" scope="col">
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               <div>
                Description
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              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                0
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                Generic binary subtype
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="">
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                1
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                Function data
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
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              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
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                2
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
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              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                Binary (old)
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
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              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                3
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                UUID (old)
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="">
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                4
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                UUID
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="">
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                5
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                MD5
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="">
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                6
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                Encrypted BSON value
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="">
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                7
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
                 Compressed time series data
                </p>
                <div>
                 <p>
                  <em>
                   New
                   <!-- -->
                   in version
                   <!-- -->
                   5.2
                  </em>
                  .
                 </p>
                </div>
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="">
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                8
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                Sensitive data, such as a key or secret. MongoDB does not log
literal values for binary data with subtype 8. Instead, MongoDB
logs a placeholder value of
                <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
                 ###
                </code>
                .
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="">
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                9
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                Vector data, which is densely packed arrays of numbers of the
same type.
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="">
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                128
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
             <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
              <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
               <div>
                Custom data
               </div>
              </div>
             </td>
            </tr>
           </tbody>
          </table>
         </div>
        </div>
       </div>
      </td>
     </tr>
     <tr class="">
      <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
       <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
        <div>
         <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
          buffer
         </code>
        </div>
       </div>
      </td>
      <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
       <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
        <div>
         string
        </div>
       </div>
      </td>
      <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
       <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
        <div>
         Required
        </div>
       </div>
      </td>
      <td class="leafygreen-ui-1drjk7h">
       <div class="leafygreen-ui-1n4j8xf">
        <div>
         Hexadecimal data. The string is decoded up to the first character
that is not a valid hexadecimal digit. You can use upper or lower
case letters in the hexadecimal string.
        </div>
       </div>
      </td>
     </tr>
    </tbody>
   </table>
  </div>
 </section>
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   Examples
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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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      1
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       Create the example collection
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         <path d="M6.039 9.953a3.596 3.596 0 0 1-.327-.38l1.45-1.445a1.553 1.553 0 0 0 2.496.423l2.885-2.87a1.57 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 8.56 3.83a1.005 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 5.047l-2.884 2.871a3.542 3.542 0 0 1-5.025-.022Z" fill="currentColor">
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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">
         </path>
        </svg>
        <div class="css-1btu0w3 evvkmar0" id="create-the-example-collection">
        </div>
       </a>
      </h3>
      <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
       Use
       <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
        HexData()
       </code>
       to insert a document with binary data created
from a hexadecimal string into a test collection:
      </p>
      <script class="structured_data" type="application/ld+json">
       {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"SoftwareSourceCode","codeSampleType":"code snippet","text":"db.hexCollection.insertOne( {\n   _id: 0, hexField: HexData( 0, \"123456abcdef\" )\n} )","programmingLanguage":"JavaScript"}
      </script>
      <div class="css-16lmvu9">
       <div class="leafygreen-ui-196mwvg">
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         <pre class="leafygreen-ui-11itue3" tabindex="-1"><code class="lg-highlight-hljs-light javascript leafygreen-ui-9ybzas"><table class="leafygreen-ui-1tr4g10"><tbody><tr class=""><td class="leafygreen-ui-7razhx">db.<span class="lg-highlight-property">hexCollection</span>.<span class="lg-highlight-title lg-highlight-function">insertOne</span>( <!-- -->{</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="leafygreen-ui-7razhx">   <span class="lg-highlight-attr">_id</span>: <span class="lg-highlight-number">0</span>, <span class="lg-highlight-attr">hexField</span>: <span class="lg-highlight-title lg-highlight-class">HexData</span>( <span class="lg-highlight-number">0</span>, <span class="lg-highlight-string">"123456abcdef"</span> )</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="leafygreen-ui-7razhx">} )</td></tr></tbody></table></code></pre>
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       Retrieve the document
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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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      </h3>
      <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
       To return the document, run the following
       <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
        find
       </code>
       command:
      </p>
      <script class="structured_data" type="application/ld+json">
       {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"SoftwareSourceCode","codeSampleType":"code snippet","text":"db.hexCollection.find()","programmingLanguage":"JavaScript"}
      </script>
      <div class="css-16lmvu9">
       <div class="leafygreen-ui-196mwvg">
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         <pre class="leafygreen-ui-1q4bxgx" tabindex="-1"><code class="lg-highlight-hljs-light javascript leafygreen-ui-9ybzas"><table class="leafygreen-ui-1tr4g10"><tbody><tr class=""><td class="leafygreen-ui-7razhx">db.<span class="lg-highlight-property">hexCollection</span>.<span class="lg-highlight-title lg-highlight-function">find</span>(<!-- -->)</td></tr></tbody></table></code></pre>
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      <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
       Output shows the
       <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
        hexField
       </code>
       value as a base 64 number using
       <a class="leafygreen-ui-tqgtui" href="/docs/manual/reference/method/Binary.createFromBase64/#mongodb-method-Binary.createFromBase64">
        <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
         Binary.createFromBase64()
        </code>
        :
       </a>
      </p>
      <script class="structured_data" type="application/ld+json">
       {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"SoftwareSourceCode","codeSampleType":"code snippet","text":"[ { _id: 0, hexField: Binary.createFromBase64('EjRWq83v', 0) } ]","programmingLanguage":"JavaScript"}
      </script>
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         <pre class="leafygreen-ui-1agdxuk" tabindex="0"><code class="lg-highlight-hljs-light javascript leafygreen-ui-9ybzas"><table class="leafygreen-ui-1tr4g10"><tbody><tr class=""><td class="leafygreen-ui-7razhx">[ <!-- -->{ <span class="lg-highlight-attr">_id</span>: <span class="lg-highlight-number">0</span>, <span class="lg-highlight-attr">hexField</span>: <span class="lg-highlight-title lg-highlight-class">Binary</span>.<span class="lg-highlight-title lg-highlight-function">createFromBase64</span>(<span class="lg-highlight-string">'EjRWq83v'</span>, <span class="lg-highlight-number">0</span>) } ]</td></tr></tbody></table></code></pre>
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   Learn More
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     <a class="leafygreen-ui-tqgtui" href="/docs/manual/reference/method/BinData/#mongodb-method-BinData">
      <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
       BinData()
      </code>
     </a>
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    <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
     <a class="leafygreen-ui-tqgtui" href="/docs/manual/reference/method/Binary.createFromBase64/#mongodb-method-Binary.createFromBase64">
      <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
       Binary.createFromBase64()
      </code>
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