limit()

To limit the number of records a query returns, we can use a function called limit(). It accepts an integer and returns the same number of records, if available.

In the example below, we have used the limit() function to restrict the result size to 2.

Product.find({}).limit(2)

When the above query is executed, only two records are returned.

skip()

Skipping is used to exclude some documents in the result set and return the rest.

The MongoDB cursor provides the skip() function, which accepts an integer and skips the specified number of documents from the cursor, returning the rest.

The MongoDB cursor is a pointer to the result set of a query.

The following example uses the skip() function.

Product.find({}).skip(2)

Since the skip() function has been provided with the value 2, the first two documents will be excluded from the output.