RethinkDB Cheat Sheet

Create database

r.dbCreate('mydb')

List databases

r.dbList()

Drop database

r.dbDrop('test')

Create table

r.db('mydb').tableCreate('users')

Delete table

r.db('mydb').table("test").delete()

Insert record

r.db('mydb').table('users').insert({
        name: 'Brad Traversy',
        city: 'Boston',
        age: 37
    }
)

Insert records (Array or object)

r.db('mydb').table('users').insert([
        {name: 'John Doe', city: 'Miami', age: 34},
        {name: 'Sara Wilson', city: 'Boston', age: 28},
        {name: 'Steve Smith', city: 'Detroit', age: 49},
        {name: 'Jen Williams', city: 'Miami', age: 35}
])

Get records

r.db('mydb').table('users')

Filter records

r.db('mydb').table('users').filter({
        city: 'Boston'
})

Select specific fields

r.db('mydb').table('users').pluck('name')

Order By

r.db('mydb').table('users').orderBy(r.desc('name'))

Pluck & order by

r.db('mydb').table('users').filter({
    'city': 'Boston'
}).orderBy(
    r.desc('name')
).pluck('name')

Limit records

r.db('mydb').table('users').limit(2)

Count

r.db('mydb').table("users").count()

Distinct

r.db('mydb').table("users").pluck("city").distinct()

Greater & less than

r.db('mydb').table("users").filter(r.row('age').gt(35))
r.db('mydb').table("users").filter(r.row('age').gte(35))
r.db('mydb').table("users").filter(r.row('age').lt(35))

Update record

r.db('mydb').table("users").filter({
        id: '592502cc-a84e-442d-a45f-24ebc344d8cf'
}).update({
    "city": 'Miami'
})

Delete record

r.db('mydb').table("users").filter({
        id: '592502cc-a84e-442d-a45f-24ebc344d8cf'
}).delete()

Joins

Create and insert data for second table

r.db('mydb').table('tasks')

r.db('mydb').table('tasks').insert([
        {user_id: '50ea168e-400f-4ad6-9e6e-a09451b9a837', text: 'Task One'},
        {user_id: 'f4fdffdc-30f7-4b4b-895d-c4a362864441', text: 'Task Two'},
        {user_id: '50ea168e-400f-4ad6-9e6e-a09451b9a837', text: 'Task Three'},
        {user_id: '50ea168e-400f-4ad6-9e6e-a09451b9a837', text: 'Task Four'}
])

Join tables

r.db('mydb').table("tasks").eqJoin("user_id", r.db('mydb').table("users")).zip()

zip() will merge the user in the task, overwriting fields in case of conflict

r.db('mydb').table("tasks").eqJoin("user_id", r.db('mydb').table("users")).zip()