Error running mongoImport from the mongo shell - mongodb

I have a problem importing a json-file with MongoDB.
The desired file is in the folder (when I execute the command ls() the file is listed) but the method gives me this error:
mongoimport --db geo --collection points --file zips.json
Wed Mar 19 09:42:49.032 SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier
Can anyone tell me what I do wrong.
Greetings, Andre

ok,that is pretty stupid. you have to insert the mongoimport --db --coll... in the normal cmd and not in the mongo-shell. then it works without problems

You have to say the file type you are importing
mongoimport --db geo --collection points --file zips.json --type json

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Cant import data into mongo database using mongoimport

I can't import data into my existing database located on mongoDBAtlas. I installed and connected robomongo with mongoDBAtlas for working with atlas.
I created new database jasper and collection User in robomongo then
I created user.json file in my project where are stored my data.
I followed tutorial on https://docs.atlas.mongodb.com/import/mongoimport/ - how to use mongoimport with mongodb.
Here is my command, Im typing in terminal:
mongoimport --uri mongodb://Morty:<PASSWORD>#jasper-shard-00-00-mrihb.mongodb.net:27017/jasper?ssl=true&replicaSet=jasper-shard-0&authSource=admin --collection User --drop --file ./src/data/user.json --jsonArray
that give me an error:
[1] 40930
[2] 40931
-bash: --collection: command not found
[2]+ Done replicaSet=jasper-shard-0
KSC1-LMC-K00587:Interview-test-part-one marze$ 2017-10-15T10:38:35.209+0200 no collection specified
2017-10-15T10:38:35.209+0200 using filename '' as collection
2017-10-15T10:38:35.209+0200 error validating settings: invalid collection name: collection name cannot be an empty string
2017-10-15T10:38:35.209+0200 try 'mongoimport --help' for more information
If I run mongoimport for localhost it works perfectly.
Where should be the problem ?
Solution:
-use quotes for uri param.
mongoimport --uri "mongodb://Morty:<PASSWORD>#jasper-shard-00-00-mrihb.mongodb.net:27017/jasper?ssl=true&replicaSet=jasper-shard-0&authSource=admin" --collection User --drop --file ./src/data/user.json --jsonArray

Syntax error:missing ; before statement #(shell):1:15 [duplicate]

I'm working with mongodb 2.4.3 and I cannot get mongoexport to work. The error message I get with each command is:
"JavaScript execution failed: SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier"
At first I thought the problem was with my query parameters, which were long. But find() worked fine with the query so I know that the syntax is ok. I then created a new collection using the query and tried exporting the collection with the following:
mongoexport --db Oct2012 --collection sept8subset --csv --fields "text","created_at","user.screen_name","user.followers_count" --out sept8.csv
mongoexport --db Oct2012 --collection sept8subset --csv --fields text,created_at,user.screen_name,user.followers_count --out sept8.csv
mongoexport -d Oct2012 -c sept8subset --csv --fields text,created_at,user.screen_name -o sept8.csv
mongoexport --db Oct2012 --collection sept8subset --dbpath ~/db (should need dbpath as mongod instance is running)
mongoexport --db OCt2012 -collection sept8subset -o sept8.txt
mongoexport --db Oct2012 --collection sept8subset
In each case, I get "JavaScript execution failed: SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier". Where could that SyntaxError be??
The collection I'm trying to copy has 50,339 objects. In case it is just too big for mongoexport to handle, I took 5 documents out of the collection to make a new collection. I then tried to export them using same command structure as above. I still get the same error message.
Now I'm wondering if the problem is that mongoexport can't work with data involving dates. MongoDB documentation states that I may want to write my own export script using a client driver.
Does anyone have an idea of what my problem is here? Many thanks if you can help out.
I found out that running mongoexport from the mongo client--as I was doing--is incorrect. Mongoexport is executed at the command prompt.
I ran into this too and I solved it executing the command from the path/bin where 'mongoexport' is located.In my case :
my_path: /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/2.4.4-x86_64/bin
"mongoexport -d book -c shelf"
'mongod' is located one step upper from 'mongoimport' , 'mongoexport', etc...

mongoimport error: Unexpected identifier

When I try to import my json data file into my local instance of mongodb, I get an error. The code that I am using is shown below.
> mongoimport --db cities --collection zips --type json --file C:/MongoDB/data/zips.json
This is the error that I get.
2014-11-29T20:27:33.803-0800 SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier
what seems to be to problem here?
I just found out that mongoimport is used from terminal/command line(cmd), and NOT within the mongo shell.

mongoexport syntax error message

I'm working with mongodb 2.4.3 and I cannot get mongoexport to work. The error message I get with each command is:
"JavaScript execution failed: SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier"
At first I thought the problem was with my query parameters, which were long. But find() worked fine with the query so I know that the syntax is ok. I then created a new collection using the query and tried exporting the collection with the following:
mongoexport --db Oct2012 --collection sept8subset --csv --fields "text","created_at","user.screen_name","user.followers_count" --out sept8.csv
mongoexport --db Oct2012 --collection sept8subset --csv --fields text,created_at,user.screen_name,user.followers_count --out sept8.csv
mongoexport -d Oct2012 -c sept8subset --csv --fields text,created_at,user.screen_name -o sept8.csv
mongoexport --db Oct2012 --collection sept8subset --dbpath ~/db (should need dbpath as mongod instance is running)
mongoexport --db OCt2012 -collection sept8subset -o sept8.txt
mongoexport --db Oct2012 --collection sept8subset
In each case, I get "JavaScript execution failed: SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier". Where could that SyntaxError be??
The collection I'm trying to copy has 50,339 objects. In case it is just too big for mongoexport to handle, I took 5 documents out of the collection to make a new collection. I then tried to export them using same command structure as above. I still get the same error message.
Now I'm wondering if the problem is that mongoexport can't work with data involving dates. MongoDB documentation states that I may want to write my own export script using a client driver.
Does anyone have an idea of what my problem is here? Many thanks if you can help out.
I found out that running mongoexport from the mongo client--as I was doing--is incorrect. Mongoexport is executed at the command prompt.
I ran into this too and I solved it executing the command from the path/bin where 'mongoexport' is located.In my case :
my_path: /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/2.4.4-x86_64/bin
"mongoexport -d book -c shelf"
'mongod' is located one step upper from 'mongoimport' , 'mongoexport', etc...

Getting an assertion error in mongoexport command in Mongodb.

I am getting an error after executing this command:
mongoexport --db records --collection source_list --csv --out C:\bcopy.csv
record is my DB n source_list is my collection
It displays this message:
assertion: 9998 you need to specify fields
I also tried to specify fields but it is giving me the same error.
What changes should i make in the command to get a backup of my collection or is there any other way to do so ?
Here's sample command that specifies fields to export:
mongoexport -h 127.0.0.1 --port 27018 --db mydb --collection system.profile --csv --out profile.csv --fields ns,millis,numYield,nscanned
In my case --headerline helped. I had around 60 columns, enumerating them with -f would be quite cumbersome.
--headerline
If using “--type csv” or “--type tsv,” use the first line as field names. Otherwise, > mongoimport will import the first line as a distinct document.
Seems like you should be using -f paramater to choose the fields that will be exported to csv file. There is a bug reported for this case to change the explanation as the error message is not informative enough.
https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-4224