how to load .js file in mongodb

[Faraz Usmani]

hello all

i am new in mongodb i have a file homework2.js which i want to load in mongodb, i have tried both method

load("homework2.js")
load("c:\mongodb\script\homework2.js")
i have installed mongodb in root c drive in mongodb folder and database path c:\mongodb\data\db

i want to confirm which folder i will put this file and what command to load the said file.

[Kevin Adistambha]

Hi Faraz

You can use pwd() to check your current working directory within the mongo shell. You can also use ls() to list the contents of the current directory. To load a file into the mongo shell, you can use the load(<filename>) method.

You may find these links helpful:

• The mongo shell
• mongo shell quick reference
• Write scripts for the mongo shell
• mongo shell methods

Best regards,
Kevin

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[Bhaskar Sarma]

You can use mongoimport utility,

mongoimport --db <<dbname>> --collection <<collection_name>> <homework2.js

Bhaskar.

[Kevin Adistambha]

Hi

Just to clarify, you can use the mongoimport tool if the homework2.js file contains data to be imported into MongoDB (e.g. JSON documents, CSV-formatted data, etc.). However, if the homework2.js file contains Javascript functions, the functions can be loaded into the mongo shell using the load() method. If you need to run a Javascript file, you can specify the file as a parameter to the mongo shell, e.g. mongo script.js (see https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/program/mongo/#bin.mongo)

Best regards,
Kevin

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