Mongoimport of JSON file

Json Problem Overview

I have a JSON file consisting of about 2000 records. Each record which will correspond to a document in the mongo database is formatted as follows:

{jobID:"2597401",
account:"XXXXX",
user:"YYYYY",
pkgT:{"pgi/7.2-5":{libA:["libpgc.so"],flavor:["default"]}},     
startEpoch:"1338497979",
runTime:"1022",
execType:"user:binary",
exec:"/share/home/01482/XXXXX/appker/ranger/NPB3.3.1/NPB3.3-MPI/bin/ft.D.64",
numNodes:"4",
sha1:"5a79879235aa31b6a46e73b43879428e2a175db5",
execEpoch:1336766742,
execModify: new Date("Fri May 11 15:05:42 2012"),
startTime: new Date("Thu May 31 15:59:39 2012"),
numCores:"64",
sizeT:{bss:"1881400168",text:"239574",data:"22504"}},

Each record is on a single line in the JSON file, and the only line breaks are at the end of every record. Therefore, each line in the document starts with "{jobID:"... I am trying to import these into a mongo database using the following command:

mongoimport --db dbName --collection collectionName --file fileName.json

However, I get the following error:

Sat Mar  2 01:26:12 Assertion: 10340:Failure parsing JSON string near: ,execModif
0x10059f12b 0x100562d5c 0x100562e9c 0x10025eb98 0x10000e643 0x100010b60 0x10055c4cc 0x1000014b7    
0x100001454 
 0   mongoimport                         0x000000010059f12b _ZN5mongo15printStackTraceERSo + 43
 1   mongoimport                         0x0000000100562d5c _ZN5mongo11msgassertedEiPKc + 204
 2   mongoimport                         0x0000000100562e9c _ZN5mongo11msgassertedEiRKSs + 12
 3   mongoimport                         0x000000010025eb98 _ZN5mongo8fromjsonEPKcPi + 1576
 4   mongoimport                         0x000000010000e643          
                                         _ZN6Import8parseRowEPSiRN5mongo7BSONObjERi + 2739
 5   mongoimport                         0x0000000100010b60 _ZN6Import3runEv + 7376
 6   mongoimport                         0x000000010055c4cc _ZN5mongo4Tool4mainEiPPc + 5436
 7   mongoimport                         0x00000001000014b7 main + 55
 8   mongoimport                         0x0000000100001454 start + 52
Sat Mar  2 01:26:12 exception:BSON representation of supplied JSON is too large: Failure parsing    
    JSON string near: ,execModif
Sat Mar  2 01:26:12 
Sat Mar  2 01:26:12 imported 0 objects
Sat Mar  2 01:26:12 ERROR: encountered 1941 errors

I do not know what the problem is. Can someone recommend a solution?

Json Solutions

Solution 1 - Json

I was able to fix the error using the following query:

mongoimport --db dbName --collection collectionName --file fileName.json --jsonArray

Hopefully this is helpful to someone.

Solution 2 - Json

try this,

mongoimport --db dbName --collection collectionName <fileName.json

Example,

mongoimport --db foo --collection myCollections < /Users/file.json
connected to: *.*.*.*
Sat Mar  2 15:01:08 imported 11 objects

Issue is because of you date format.

I used same JSON with modified date as below and it worked

{jobID:"2597401",
account:"XXXXX",
user:"YYYYY",
pkgT:{"pgi/7.2-5":{libA:["libpgc.so"],flavor:["default"]}},     
startEpoch:"1338497979",
runTime:"1022",
execType:"user:binary",
exec:"/share/home/01482/XXXXX/appker/ranger/NPB3.3.1/NPB3.3-MPI/bin/ft.D.64",
numNodes:"4",
sha1:"5a79879235aa31b6a46e73b43879428e2a175db5",
execEpoch:1336766742,
execModify:{"$date" : 1343779200000},
startTime:{"$date" : 1343779200000},
numCores:"64",
sizeT:{bss:"1881400168",text:"239574",data:"22504"}}

hope this helps

Solution 3 - Json

Using mongoimport you can able to achieve the same

mongoimport --db test --collection user --drop --file ~/downloads/user.json

where,

test - Database name
user - collection name
user.json - dataset file

--drop is drop the collection if already exist.

Solution 4 - Json

console:

mongoimport -d dbName -c collectionName dataFile.js

Solution 5 - Json

Your syntax appears completely correct in:

mongoimport --db dbName --collection collectionName --file fileName.json

Make sure you are in the correct folder or provide the full path.

Solution 6 - Json

I have used below command for export DB

mongodump --db database_name --collection collection_name

and below command worked for me to import DB

mongorestore --db database_name path_to_bson_file

Solution 7 - Json

Import JSON/CSV file in MongoDB

wait wait
first check mongoimport.exe file in your bin folder(C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.4\bin) if it is not then download mongodb database tools(https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/database-tools)
copy extracted(unzip) files(inside unzipped bin) to bin folder(C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.4\bin)
copy your json file to bin folder(C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.4\bin)
Now open your commond prompt change its directory to bin

cd "C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.4\bin"

Now copy this on your commnad prompt

mongoimport -d tymongo -c test --type json --file restaurants.json

where d- database(tymongo-database name), c-collection(test-collection name)

FOR CSV FILE

 mongoimport -d tymongo -c test --type csv --file database2.csv --headerline

Solution 8 - Json

Run the import command in another terminal. (not inside mongo shell.)

mongoimport --db test --collection user --drop --file ~/downloads/user.json

Solution 9 - Json

In windows you can use your Command Prompcmd cmd , in Ubuntu you can use your terminal by typing the following command:

mongoimport  -d  your_database_name  -c  your_collection_name  /path_to_json_file/json_file_name.json

then when you open your mongo shell, you will find to check your database_name when running this command:

show databases

Solution 10 - Json

This command works where no collection is specified .

mongoimport --db zips "\MongoDB 2.6 Standard\mongodb\zips.json"

Mongo shell after executing the command

connected to: 127.0.0.1
no collection specified!
using filename 'zips' as collection.
2014-09-16T13:56:07.147-0400 check 9 29353
2014-09-16T13:56:07.148-0400 imported 29353 objects

Solution 11 - Json

Solution:-

mongoimport --db databaseName --collection tableName --file filepath.json

Example:-

Place your file in admin folder:-

C:\Users\admin\tourdb\places.json

Run this command on your teminal:-

mongoimport --db tourdb --collection places --file ~/tourdb/places.json

Output:-

admin@admin-PC MINGW64 /
$ mongoimport --db tourdb --collection places --file ~/tourdb/places.json
2019-08-26T14:30:09.350+0530 connected to: localhost
2019-08-26T14:30:09.447+0530 imported 10 documents

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Solution 12 - Json

I tried something like this and it actually works:

mongoimport --db dbName --file D:\KKK\NNN\100YWeatherSmall.data.json

Solution 13 - Json

This works with me when db with usrname and password

mongoimport --db YOUR_DB --collection MyCollection --file /your_path/my_json_file.json -u my_user -p my_pass

db without username password please remove -u my_user -p my_pass

My sample json

{ 
    "_id" : ObjectId("5d11c815eb946a412ecd677d"), 
    "empid" : NumberInt(1), 
    "name" : "Rahul"
}
{ 
    "_id" : ObjectId("5d11c815eb946a412ecd677e"), 
    "empid" : NumberInt(2), 
    "name" : "Rahul"
}

Solution 14 - Json

Just copy path of json file like example "C:\persons.json"
go to C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.2\bin
open cmd on that mongodb bin folder and run this command

mongoimport --jsonArray --db dbname--collection collectionName--file FilePath

example mongoimport --jsonArray --db learnmongo --collection persons --file C:\persons.json

Solution 15 - Json

Number of answer have been given even though I would like to give mine command . I used to frequently. It may help to someone.

mongoimport original.json -d databaseName -c yourcollectionName --jsonArray --drop

Solution 16 - Json

> mongoimport -d <dbname> -c <collectio_name> --file <c:\users\test.json> --jsonArray

Solution 17 - Json

If you try to export this test collection:

> db.test.find()
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5131c2bbfcb94ddb2549d501"), "field" : "Sat Mar 02 2013 13:13:31 GMT+0400"}
{"_id" : ObjectId("5131c2d8fcb94ddb2549d502"), "field" : ISODate("2012-05-31T11:59:39Z")}

with mongoexport (the first date created with Date(...) and the second one created with new Date(...) (if use ISODate(...) will be the same as in the second line)) so mongoexport output will be looks like this:

{ "_id" : { "$oid" : "5131c2bbfcb94ddb2549d501" }, "field" : "Sat Mar 02 2013 13:13:31 GMT+0400" }
{ "_id" : { "$oid" : "5131c2d8fcb94ddb2549d502" }, "field" : { "$date" : 1338465579000 } }

So you should use the same notation, because strict JSON doesn't have type Date( <date> ).

Also your JSON is not valid: all fields name must be enclosed in double quotes, but mongoimport works fine without them.

You can find additional information in mongodb documentation and here.

Solution 18 - Json

A bit late for probable answer, might help new people. In case you have multiple instances of database:

mongoimport --host <host_name>:<host_port> --db <database_name> --collection <collection_name>  --file <path_to_dump_file> -u <my_user> -p <my_pass>

Assuming credentials needed, otherwise remove this option.

Solution 19 - Json

this will work:

$  mongoimport --db databaseName --collection collectionName --file filePath/jsonFile.json


2021-01-09T11:13:57.410+0530	connected to: mongodb://localhost/
2021-01-09T11:13:58.176+0530	1 document(s) imported successfully. 0 document(s) failed to import.

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