How to export JSON from MongoDB using Robomongo

Question

So I do not know much about MongoDB. I have RoboMongo using which I connect to a MongoDB. What I need to do is this - there is a collection in that Mon

Answer 1

I don't think robomongo have such a feature. So you better use mongodb function as mongoexport for a specific Collection.

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/program/mongoexport/#export-in-json-format

But if you are looking for a backup solution is better to use

mongodump / mongorestore

Answer 2

I had this same issue, and running script in robomongo (Robo 3T 1.1.1) also doesn't allow to copy values and there was no export option either. The best way I could achieve this is to use mongoexport, if mongodb is installed on your local, you can use mongoexport to connect to database on any server and extract data

To connect to Data on remote server, and csv output file, run the following mongoexport in your command line

mongoexport --host HOSTNAME --port PORT --username USERNAME --password "PASSWORD" --collection COLLECTION_NAME --db DATABASE_NAME --out OUTPUTFILE.csv --type=csv --fieldFile fields.txt

fieldFile: helps to extract the desired columns, ex: contents of fields.txt can be just:

userId

to only extract values of the column 'userId'

Data on remote server, json output file:

mongoexport --host HOST_NAME --port PORT --username USERNAME --password "PASSWORD" --collection COLECTION_NAME --db DATABASE_NAME --out OUTPUT.json

this extracts all fields into the json file

data on localhost (mongodb should be running on localhost)

mongoexport --db DATABASE_NAME --collection COLLECTION --out OUTPUT.json

Reference: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/program/mongoexport/#use