MongoDB - How to Import and Export CSV Data in MongoDB

In this post we take a look at How to Import and Export CSV Data in MongoDB. Previously we looked at the Import and Export JSON data in MondoDB. For this tutorial too we are making use of the MongoDB Compass. And if you an do this things would be lot easier to work with.

There are two methods to use this tutorial. One you can do with the mongodb compass and another being the command line. Below I am giving link to video and also the explained command line method.

So what do you need to get started with the MongoDB for importing the CSV data? Make sure to have the MongoDB installed. Second thing you have to consider installing the MongoDB compass. And once we have that setup and installed you can run the mongod.exe or through the command line for further usage.

If you are short on time, go through video tutorial below as it would save you time and you would get visual idea too.

First thing I assume you have done is installed the MongoDB database. Second thing you have to think is making sure to install the mongodb compass. In windows you can use the mongodb compass icon to fire it up. In case of linux make sure to open the command line and then type in the command : mongodb-compass. This would open up the mongodb compass application.

So here are the steps to import the CSV file into the mongodb database using Compass.

1. Connect to the MongoDB database through connection.
2. Provide the connection string, parameters required for the connection.
3. Create a database. Give that database a name.
4. Create a collection, give it a name too.
5. Make sure to have the CSV data to import into the database.
6. Click on the Add Data button. Choose CSV file.
7. Import the CSV sample data into the database.
8. Upload the file and wait for the confirmation of data upload
9. Click import

This should import the CSV data into the database. And once uploaded you would be able to fire up the query and view the content of that database. It would appear in a json format though but still you can see the tabular view as well. Now let's take a look at the command line version for the CSV upload.

Mongoimport for CSV

This is another method where we are making use of the command line tool which is available on both windows and linux. And you can use it to upload the data to the database. And the CSV data can be then used for the importing. So here's the code that you can use for the import.

• Database: DemoDb
• Collection: demo
• Data: sample.csv

Here's the code to import it.

mongoimport --type csv --headerline --db DemoDb --collection demo --file C:\Users\Documents\sample.csv

That's it. When you import the csv file you would the tabular structure taken for the json data and the collection is filled with document for each line. And that would appear. You can even verify with the mongodb compass. This would be perfect for you to check out with gui tool.

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