import mongoengine
from mongoengine_embedded import EmbeddedResource, ResourceContainer

# embedded resource
class Masterpiece(mongoengine.EmbeddedDocument, EmbeddedResource):
    title = mongoengine.StringField()

# document contains embedded resource
@ResourceContainer
class Monkey(mongoengine.Document):
    masterpieces = mongoengine.EmbeddedDocumentListField(
        Masterpiece, element_name='masterpiece')

the_monkey = Monkey()
the_monkey.save()

# Create
one_masterpiece = the_monkey.create_masterpiece(title='Complete Works of William Shakespeare')
another_masterpiece = the_monkey.create_masterpiece(title='Siku Quanshu')

another_id = another_masterpiece.id
# Read
another = the_monkey.get_masterpiece_by_id(another_id)

# Update
the_monkey.modify_masterpiece_by_id(another_id, set__name='Jing Shi Zi Ji')

# Destroy
the_monkey.destroy_masterpiece_by_id(another_id)