modify(SearchConditionStr) 函數用於修改集合中的文件，類似於 SQL 資料庫的 UPDATE 陳述式。它採用搜尋條件字串 (SearchConditionStr) 作為參數，以指定要修改的文件 — 有關 SearchConditionStr 的詳細討論，請參閱 第 4.3.2 節「Collection.find()」。

如果搜尋條件字串符合一或多個文件，則會透過在 modify() 方法之後串連的任何這些方法來修改它們。它們可以一個接一個地串連，且可以多次串連

以下方法可以鏈接到上述修改方法，以配置修改行為：

以下是如何使用 sort().limit() 來限制修改文件的範例：

mysql-js> myColl.find("name like '%Doe'");
{
    "_id": "000062b0faf90000000000000001",
    "name": "Jane Doe",
    "favorNum": [
        2,
        3
    ]
}
{
    "_id": "000062b372f80000000000000001",
    "name": "Bob Doe",
    "favorNum": [
        1,
        2
    ]
}
{
    "_id": "000062b372f80000000000000002",
    "name": "Mark Doe",
    "favorNum": [
        7,
        8
    ]
}
{
    "_id": "000062b372f80000000000000003",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "favorNum": [
        0,
        4
    ]
}
mysql-js> myColl.modify("name like '%Doe'").unset("favorNum").sort("name asc").limit(2);
Query OK, 2 items affected (0.0082 sec)

Rows matched: 2  Changed: 2  Warnings: 0
mysql-js> myColl.find("name like '%Doe'").sort('name asc');
{
    "_id": "000062b372f80000000000000001",
    "name": "Bob Doe"
}
{
    "_id": "000062b0faf90000000000000001",
    "name": "Jane Doe"
}
{
    "_id": "000062b372f80000000000000003",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "favorNum": [
        0,
        4
    ]
}
{
    "_id": "000062b372f80000000000000002",
    "name": "Mark Doe",
    "favorNum": [
        7,
        8
    ]
}
4 documents in set (0.0068 sec)

也支援使用 bind() 進行參數綁定。execute() 函式觸發 modify() 操作的實際執行。以下範例說明如何使用 modify()：

# Use the collection 'my_collection'
myColl = db.get_collection('my_collection')
# Add a new document to the collection 
myColl.add({ "name":"John Doe", "DOB":"1970-01-01", "Phone":1234567, "Standing": "Good" }).execute()

# Patch the added document, adding, removing, and changing some fields 
myColl.modify("name = 'John Doe'").patch({ "name": "Jane Doe", "DOB": None, "Phone": 9876543, "favorNums": [1,2,3,4,5] }).execute()

# Modify fields with different methods
myColl.modify("name like :param").set("Standing", "Bad").bind("param", "J%Doe").execute()
myColl.modify("name like :param").unset("Phone").bind("param", "J%Doe").execute()
myColl.modify("name like :param").array_insert("favorNums[1]", 7).bind("param", "J%Doe").execute()
myColl.modify("name like :param").array_append("favorNums", 99).bind("param", "J%Doe").execute()
myColl.modify("name like :param").unset("favorNums[2]").bind("param", "J%Doe").execute()

doc = myColl.find('name like :param').limit(1).bind('param', 'J%Doe').execute()

print(doc.fetch_one())

# The output looks like:
# {"Standing": "Bad", "_id": "0000626718c10000000000000005", "favorNums": [1, 7, 3, 4, 5, 99], "name": "Jane Doe"}

另請參閱 CollectionModifyFunction 以了解 EBNF 中 add() 的語法。