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Fields starting with underscore ignored on to_mongo or to_json call on DynamicDocument
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Description
Hello, community.
I just realize that any field I define starting with an underscore will NOT be included in the serialization process.
I did some testing and this comes from MongoEngine since if I use the Pymongo collection, I get every field.
Is this a defined behavior? I could not find anything in the documentation about it. Please let me know if I should create an example code.
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Research direction
The issue names no source file or test. Start by reproducing serialization of underscore-prefixed fields on DynamicDocument with to_mongo and to_json, then compare the result with the PyMongo collection behavior. Done means establishing whether the omission is intentional and, if not, defining the expected serialized output and a regression check.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- mongodb, python
- Domain
- database
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100