Command syntax

Description

Get the next element in the cursor.

The optional wait argument specifies whether to wait for the next available element and how long to wait:

• True: Wait indefinitely (the default).
• False: Do not wait at all. If data is immediately available, it will be returned; if it is not available, a ReqlTimeoutError will be raised.
• number: Wait up to the specified number of seconds for data to be available before raising ReqlTimeoutError.

The behavior of next will be identical with False, None or the number 0.

Calling next the first time on a cursor provides the first element of the cursor. If the data set is exhausted (e.g., you have retrieved all the documents in a table), a ReqlCursorEmpty error will be raised when next is called.

Example: Retrieve the next element.

cursor = r.table('superheroes').run(conn)
doc = cursor.next()

Example: Retrieve the next element on a changefeed, waiting up to five seconds.

cursor = r.table('superheroes').changes().run(conn)
doc = cursor.next(wait=5)

Note: RethinkDB sequences can be iterated through via the Python Iterable interface. The canonical way to retrieve all the results is to use a for…in loop or list().