How to export JSON from MongoDB using Robomongo

Solution 1:

A Quick and dirty way: Just write your query as db.getCollection('collection').find({}).toArray() and right click Copy JSON. Paste the data in the editor of your choice.

Solution 2:

You can use tojson to convert each record to JSON in a MongoDB shell script.

Run this script in RoboMongo:

var cursor = db.getCollection('foo').find({}, {});
while(cursor.hasNext()) {
    print(tojson(cursor.next()))
}

This prints all results as a JSON-like array.

The result is not really JSON! Some types, such as dates and object IDs, are printed as JavaScript function calls, e.g., ISODate("2016-03-03T12:15:49.996Z").

Might not be very efficient for large result sets, but you can limit the query. Alternatively, you can use mongoexport.

Solution 3:

Robomongo's shell functionality will solve the problem. In my case I needed couple of columns as CSV format.

var cursor = db.getCollection('Member_details').find({Category: 'CUST'},{CustomerId :1,Name :1,_id:0})

while (cursor.hasNext()) {
    var record = cursor.next();   
    print(record.CustomerID + "," + record.Name)
}

Output : -------

334, Harison
433, Rechard
453, Michel
533, Pal