def get_docs_to_commit(self):
        try:
            spec = {'synced': False}
            fields = {'_id': 0}
            cur = self.db.docs.find(spec, fields)
        except Exception as e:
            raise DatabaseException(e)
        return list(cur)
def _prepare_streams(self) -> None:
        if self._write_stream is not None:
            return
        if self.filename:
            filepath = os.path.join(self.dirpath, self._prepare_filename())
            fs = get_filesystem(filepath)
            file = fs.open(filepath, "a")
            self._output_file = file
            self._write_stream = file.write
        else:
            self._write_stream = self._rank_zero_info