Convert MongoDB BsonDocument to valid JSON in C#

Question

I am working with the MongoDB C# driver. I have a BsonDocument with some data which includes some MongoDB-specific types (like ObjectIDs and ISODates). I want t

Answer 1

MongoDB.Bson (2.5+) has support to map between BsonValues and .Net objects. BsonTypeMapper Class

To map a BsonValue (or BsonDocument) to .Net object use

var dotNetObj = BsonTypeMapper.MapToDotNetValue(bsonDoc);

You can then use your choice of serialization library. For example,

JsonConvert.SerializeObject(dotNetObj);

If you have a List of BsonDocument

var dotNetObjList = bsonDocList.ConvertAll(BsonTypeMapper.MapToDotNetValue);