Importing and Exporting MongoDB Database
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MongoDB provides you with 2 ways:
- mongoexport/mongoimport
- mongodump/mongostore
mongoexport: Being used to export data from a Collection to a file (json, csv,..)
mongoimport: Being used to import data to a Collection from a file (json, csv,..)
mongoimport: Being used to import data to a Collection from a file (json, csv,..)
Collection is the concept of MongoDB, which is equivalent to Table concepts in relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, ..).
mongodump: Being used to export all datas of a database to files (Put in a folder), including some files (bson, json)
mongostore: Being used to import all datas to a database from dump directory (Product of mongodump)
mongostore: Being used to import all datas to a database from dump directory (Product of mongodump)
# Export to json
mongoexport -d database_name - c collection_name -o outfile.json
# Export to file csv
mongoexport --csv -o /tmp/people.csv -d school -c people -f firstName,lastName,telephone,email
In the case of simple export, you don't need to use many options in mongoexport command:
# Export to json file
# This is the simplest syntax.
# The default output is json file so you do not need to specify the output file type
mongoexport -d database_name -c collection_name -o outfile.json
Example, export a collection to JSON file:
cd C:\DevPrograms\MongoDB\bin
Export Department Collection in myfirstdb database to json file: C:/test/department.json.
Note: MongoDB is case sensitive.
- Department
- Employee
- Inventory_Item
- Product_Category
mongoexport -d myfirstdb -c Department -o C:/test/department.json
Results:
See the newly exported file:
# Export to csv file
# This is the simplest syntax:
# In the case csv file, you must provide the list of columns Collection (Required).
# List of columns separated by commas and no spaces.
# Must declare what type of output file (--csv)
mongoexport -d database_name -c collection_name -f column_1,column_2,column_3 --csv -o outfile.csv
mongoexport -d myfirstdb -c Department -f dept_id,dept_no,dept_name,location,description --csv -o C:/test/department.csv
Open department.csv with Microsoft Excel:
- TODO
# Import from json file
mongoimport -d database_name -c collection_name outfile.json
# Import from csv file
# --headerline: Using the first row of data as the column name of the Collection.
mongoimport -d database_name -c collection_name --type csv --file locations.csv --headerline
Import data from a json file into a Collection:
cd C:\DevPrograms\MongoDB\bin
# Import from json file.
mongoimport -d database_name -c collection_name outfile.json
# Import into myfirstdb database
# Insert into Collection: Department2
# From file C:/test/department.json
mongoimport -d myfirstdb -c Department2 C:/test/department.json
See result on visual tools RoboMongo:
Import data from a csv file into a Collection:
# Import from csv file
# This is the simplest syntax:
# --headerline: Using the first row of data as the column name of the Collection.
mongoimport -d database_name -c collection_name --type csv --file locations.csv --headerline
cd C:\DevPrograms\MongoDB\bin
# Import from file to database: myfirstdb
# Into collection: Department3
# File location: C:/test/department.csv
# --headerline: Using the first row of data as the column name of the Collection.
mongoimport -d myfirstdb -c Department3 --type csv --file C:/test/department.csv --headerline
Result see on visual tool RoboMongo:
In a general situation, you have options for import/export, see in the following table:
| Option | Meaning | Example |
| --help | produce help message | |
| -v [ --verbose ] | be more verbose (include multiple times for more verbosity e.g. -vvvvv) | |
| -h [ --host ] arg | mongo host to connect to ("left,right" for pairs) | |
| --port arg | server port. (Can also use --host hostname:port) | |
| --ipv6 | enable IPv6 support (disabled by default) | |
| -d [ --db ] arg | database to use | |
| -c [ --collection ] arg | collection to use (some commands) | |
| -u [ --username ] arg | username | |
| -p [ --password ] arg | password | |
| --dbpath arg | directly access mongod data files in the given path,instead of connecting to a mongod instance - needs to lock the data directory, so cannot be used if a mongod is currently accessing the same path | |
| --directoryperdb | if dbpath specified, each db is in a separate directory | |
| -f [ --fields ] arg | comma seperated list of field names e.g. -f name,age | |
| --fieldFile arg | file with fields names - 1 per line | |
| --ignoreBlanks | if given, empty fields in csv and tsv will be ignored | |
| --type arg | type of file to import. default: json (json,csv,tsv) | |
| --file arg | file to import from; if not specified stdin is used | |
| --drop | drop collection first | |
| --headerline | CSV,TSV only - use first line as headers | |
| --upsert | insert or update objects that already exist | |
| --upsertFields arg | comma-separated fields for the query part of the upsert. You should make sure this is indexed. | |
| --stopOnError | stop importing at the first error rather than continuing | |
| --jsonArray | load a json array, not one item per line. Currently limited to 4MB. |
mongodump used to export the entire database to a directory.
mongostore used to import the all datas to a database from a directory (export product of mongodump).
mongostore used to import the all datas to a database from a directory (export product of mongodump).
# The syntax to export the entire database to a directory (Includes some files)
mongodump -d database_name -o output_directory
Example:
Export myfirstdb database to directory: C:/test
Export myfirstdb database to directory: C:/test
cd C:\DevPrograms\MongoDB\bin
mongodump -d myfirstdb -o C:/test
The result, subfolder myfirstdb created in the directory C:/test, it contains some files.
# The simplest syntax to import an entire database.
mongorestore -d database_name path_to_database
For example, the folder C:/test/myfirstdb containing the dump files. We will use it to import into the database: mydb2
cd C:\DevPrograms\MongoDB\bin
mongorestore -d mydb2 C:\test\myfirstdb
View on visual tools RoboMongo:
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