(DOCSP-17936) Retrieve Distinct TS Example (#231)

Author: biniona-mongodb

source/code-snippets/usage-examples/distinct.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { MongoClient } from "mongodb";
+
+// Replace the uri string with your MongoDB deployment's connection string.
+const uri =
+  "mongodb+srv://<user>:<password>@<cluster-url>?writeConcern=majority";
+
+const client = new MongoClient(uri);
+
+interface Movies {
+  directors: string;
+  year: number;
+}
+
+async function run() {
+  try {
+    await client.connect();
+
+    // define a database and collection on which to run the method
+    const database = client.db("sample_mflix");
+    const movies = database.collection<Movies>("movies");
+
+    const distinctValues = await movies.distinct("year", {
+      directors: "Barbra Streisand",
+    });
+
+    console.log(distinctValues);
+  } finally {
+    await client.close();
+  }
+}
+run().catch(console.dir);

source/usage-examples/distinct.txt

@@ -57,6 +57,26 @@ match movies that include "Barbara Streisand" as a ``director``.
 
 .. include:: /includes/connect-guide-note.rst
 
-.. literalinclude:: /code-snippets/usage-examples/distinct.js
-  :language: javascript
-  :linenos:
+.. tabs::
+
+  .. tab:: JavaScript
+     :tabid: javascript
+
+     .. literalinclude:: /code-snippets/usage-examples/distinct.js
+        :language: javascript
+        :linenos:
+
+  .. tab:: TypeScript
+     :tabid: typescript
+
+     .. literalinclude:: /code-snippets/usage-examples/distinct.ts
+        :language: typescript
+        :linenos:
+
+If you run the example above, you should see output that resembles the following:
+
+.. code-block:: json
+   :copyable: false
+
+   [ 1983, 1991, 1996 ]
+