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Nicholas Louis
Nicholas Louis

Reputation: 27

using mongoimport doesnt save data properly

So instead of using mongo shell directly i decided it was easier to create a json file and then just import it to monngodb, but something strange happens in the process. Heres my code:

mongoimport --db test_poke --collection testing --type json --file pokeapi.json --jsonArray

2017-09-24T23:45:44.017-0400 connected to: localhost 2017-09-24T23:45:44.624-0400 imported 4 documents

> show dbs
admin       0.000GB
anime       0.000GB
api         0.000GB
exampleDb   0.000GB
local       0.000GB
myDB        0.000GB
pokedex     0.000GB
superheros  0.000GB
test_poke   0.000GB
users       0.000GB
yUser       0.000GB
> use test_poke
switched to db test_poke
> db.test_poke.find()
> db.test_poke.find({})

// json data

  {
    "name": "pikachu",
    "size": "small",
    "element_type": "electric"
  },
  {
    "name": "squirtle",
    "size": "small",
    "element_type": "water"

  },
  {
    "name": "charmander",
    "size": "small",
    "element_type": "fire"
  },
  {
    "name": "bulbasoor",
    "size": "small",
    "element_type": "earth"
  }

no data is found i guess because nothing is returned but using anything else to CRUD works and shows results. Also I read the docs and made sure to follow their instructions but no go. Can anyone help with this? Using version 3.4.7 of mongodb.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 48

Answers (1)

robjwilkins
robjwilkins

Reputation: 5652

Your collection is called testing and is in the test_poke database. As the comment suggests your query is wrong, and should be 

db.testing.find()

Upvotes: 1

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