---
name: "mongoimportjson"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mongodb-clients"
version: "1:1.4.4-3"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mongoimportjson"
---

# mongoimportjson(1)

the Mongo import tool

## NAME

mongoimportjson - the Mongo import tool

## SYNOPSIS

**mongoimportjson \[***OPTIONS*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**mongoimportjson** is a tool to import JSON documents into MongoDB.  This utility takes a single file that contains one JSON string per line and inserts it. A databaase and collection must be specified.

## OPTIONS

- **--help**

  show usage information

- **-h, --host HOST**

  server to connect to (default HOST=localhost)

- **-d, --db DATABASE**

  database to use

- **-c, --c COLLECTION**

  collection to use

- **--file FILE**

  file from which to import

- **--dbpath PATH**

  directly access mongod data files in this path, instead of connecting to a mongod instance

- **--idbefore**

  create id index before importing

- **--id**

  create id index after importing (recommended)

- **--drop**

  drop collection before importing

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2007-2009 10gen

## SEE ALSO

For more information, please refer to the MongoDB wiki, available at http://www.mongodb.org.

## AUTHOR

Kristina Chodorow