`mongo.collections.drop`

Drop (delete) a collection

MCPCLI

Package: @procedures/mongo · README
Path: ["mongo","collections","drop"]
CLI: mark mongo collections drop --confirm <boolean>
MCP tool: mongo.collections.drop on the dev-tools server
As data: {"$proc":["mongo","collections","drop"],"input":{}}

Use it

In TypeScript

import { Client, LocalTransport, PROCEDURE_REGISTRY } from "@procedures/client";
import "@procedures/mongo"; // registers its procedures

const client = new Client(new LocalTransport({ registry: PROCEDURE_REGISTRY }));
const result = await client.exec(["mongo","collections","drop"], { confirm: true });
console.log(JSON.stringify(result));

From the command line

$ mark mongo collections drop --confirm <boolean>

As data, in a program

{
  "$proc": ["mongo", "collections", "drop"],
  "input": { "confirm": true }
}

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`collection`	`string`	no	The collection name. It takes the place of metadata.collection.
`database`	`string`	no	The database name (default: the database of the connection)
`confirm`	`boolean`	yes	Set to true to drop the collection and all of its documents

Output

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
`acknowledged`	`boolean`	yes		True when the server confirmed the write
`dropped`	`boolean`	yes		False when the collection did not exist

JSON Schemas

{
  "input": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "collection": {
        "description": "The collection name. It takes the place of metadata.collection.",
        "type": "string",
        "minLength": 1
      },
      "database": {
        "description": "The database name (default: the database of the connection)",
        "type": "string",
        "minLength": 1
      },
      "confirm": {
        "type": "boolean",
        "description": "Set to true to drop the collection and all of its documents"
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "confirm"
    ]
  },
  "output": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "acknowledged": {
        "type": "boolean",
        "description": "True when the server confirmed the write"
      },
      "dropped": {
        "type": "boolean",
        "description": "False when the collection did not exist"
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "acknowledged",
      "dropped"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": {}
  }
}