Mongo import using shell script not working

Question

I am trying to import json using bash script but it does not seem to be working properly

The error that I am getting is: error validating settings: incompatible options: --file and positional argument(s)

Here is the script that I am trying to run

importserver="localhost:27017"
username="username"
password="password"
importdb="Hotel"
collections=("Customers")

echo "Begin To Import"

for c in ${collections[@]}
do
    echo "importing $c .."
     mongoimport $importserver --db $importdb --collection $c --file "$c.json"
done

echo "Done."

I have tried changing params and everything. None seems to work

barrypicker · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-20 21:28:30Z

1

You are very close. Need to add the --host parameter...

importserver="localhost:27017"                                                                                                             
username="username"
password="password"
importdb="Hotel"
collections=("Customers")

echo "Begin To Import"

for c in ${collections[@]}
do
    echo "importing $c .."
     mongoimport --host $importserver --db $importdb --collection $c --file "$c.json"
done

echo "Done."

The error message error validating settings: incompatible options: --file and positional argument(s) is saying there is a parameter - the host name parameter - that has no tag and therefore must be identifiable by its position, but positional arguments usually go at the end. Rather than use a positional argument, if you add the --host it will be a named argument instead. I think there are some gotchas about which parameters are allowed to be positional and which are allowed to be named. I think the file can be either, but I don't think host is.

answered Jul 20, 2021 at 21:28

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This worked! Thank you so much. I was missing the host.

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