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Importing and Exporting data

mongoimport --uri "<AtlasClusterURI>       // import json
            --drop=<filename>.json
mongoexport --uri "<AtlasClusterURI>       // export json
            --collection=<collectionName>
            --out=<filename>.json
mongorestore --uri "<AtlasClusterURI>      // import bson
             --drop dump
mongodump --uri "<AtlasClusterURI>         // export bson

Example​

mongoimport --uri "mongodb+srv://<user>:<password>@cluster0.9mv1n.mongodb.net:27017,cluster0-shard-00-00.9mv1n.mongodb.net:27017,cluster0-shard-00-02.9mv1n.mongodb.net:27017/<dbName>?ssl=true&replicaSet=atlas-ojxaoh-shard-0&authSource=admin" --collection <collectionName> --drop --file C:/.../<exportedData>.json

--drop: Modifies the import process so that the target instance drops the collection before importing the data from the input.
More options see: MongoDB Docs

The URI string​

  • The connection string is a srv-string
  • srv is used to establish a secure connection
mongodb+srv://<your username>:<your password>@<your cluster>.mongodb.net/<database>