MongoDB collection export tool

Export a glob of collections from a single database in json, ndjson or csv format.

Installation

$ npm install -g mongocet-cli

Usage

$ mongocet

Collection pattern

* is all collections.
test_* is all collections starting with test_.

CSV date field patterns

date is just a date field.
date* is all fields starting with date.
*_date is all fields ending with _date.

Configuration with .mongocetrc.json

Create a file in your working folder to preconfigure mongocet.

{
  "serverUrl": "mongodb://domain:27017/",
  "databaseName": "dbname",
  "collectionsPattern": "*",
  "outputDir": "../export",
  "outputFormat": "csv",
  "csvDateFieldPattern": "date"
}