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mongorestore

Utility to import a collection or database from a binary dump into a MongoDB instance. More information: https://docs.mongodb.com/database-tools/mongorestore/.

• Import a BSON data dump from a directory to a MongoDB database:
   
  mongorestore --db {{database_name}} {{path/to/directory}}
   
• Import a BSON data dump from a directory to a given database in a MongoDB server host, running at a given port, with user authentication (user will be prompted for password):
   
  mongorestore --host {{database_host:port}} --db {{database_name}} --username {{username}} {{path/to/directory}} --password
   
• Import a collection from a BSON file to a MongoDB database:
   
  mongorestore --db {{database_name}} {{path/to/file}}
   
• Import a collection from a BSON file to a given database in a MongoDB server host, running at a given port, with user authentication (user will be prompted for password):
   
  mongorestore --host {{database_host:port}} --db {{database_name}} --username {{username}} {{path/to/file}} --password