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Load JSON documents into a collection.

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Section: Import and export data

Import JSON data

bash
bash
mongoimport --uri="mongodb://localhost:27017/appdb" --collection=users --file=users.json --jsonArray
Explanation

`--jsonArray` is required when the source file contains one top-level JSON array.

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