Importing data to MongoDB

We can use the command line to import data into a Mongo database. We can also combine the importing of data with the creation of a database:

mongoimport --db [preexisting_or_new_database name] --collection [collection_name] --file sourcedata.json --jsonArray

We use --jsonArray to indicate the format of the data we are importing.

Once this has executed, the data will be visible in Compass.