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Clayton
Clayton

Reputation: 6281

Use mongofiles utility to access data inserted with Java GridFS API

I can successfully insert and retrieve data from MongoDB's GridFS in Java. However, when I try to access that data on the command line using mongofiles, I can't find it. The Java insertion code:

GridFS fs = new GridFS(Mongo.getStaticMongo("localhost:27017").getDB("myDb"), "myCollection");

try {
  GridFSInputFile inputFile = fs.createFile(content.getFile());
  inputFile.put(MONGO_KEY, content.getId().toString());   
  inputFile.save();
} catch (IOException e) {
  throw new RuntimeException(e);
}

The command line:

>mongofiles --host localhost:27017 -d myDb -c myCollection -vvvvvv list
Tue Nov 09 11:48:01 creating new connection to:localhost:27017
connected to: localhost:27017

>

Nothing comes back... where is the Java GridFS driver putting these files?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2483

Answers (2)

matyjas
matyjas

Reputation: 578

The mongofiles command line tool only works with the default 'fs' bucket.

There is an open JIRA item to address this: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-1970

Upvotes: 1

KFro
KFro

Reputation: 764

Perhaps it would be beneficial to use a mongo admin utility to look in the mongo database and see what happened. I use phpMoAdmin. With it I can see all of the collections and items in the collections. You can also edit the metadata too. At least this way you can see things on a wider scale.

Upvotes: 1

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