/parse-mongodb-export

Parse JSON file migration tool for Mongolab

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Node.js - parse-mongodb-export

Parse JSON file migration tool for Mongolab.

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Why?

Native Parse.com JSON file export is incompatible with Mongolab import. This utility can help refactor the Parse JSON format to a format which is compatible with Mongolab JSON schemes to help preserve objectId and date formats.

Converts Parse JSON from this:

{ "results": [
	{
        "automaticUser": true,
        "avatar_url": "",
        "createdAt": "2014-01-13T12:11:47.185Z",
        "didBuyCredits": false,
        "isActive": true,
        "objectId": "08Ve1yyCrp",
        "tokens": 2,
        "updatedAt": "2014-01-13T14:52:14.141Z",
        "username": "ChunkyGoat3803"
    },
    ...

To this JSON format which is compatible with Mongolab JSON import:

[
  {
        "automaticUser": true,
        "avatar_url": "",
        "created_at": {
          "$date" : "2014-01-13T12:11:47.185Z"
          },
        "didBuyCredits": false,
        "isActive": true,
        "_id": "08Ve1yyCrp",
        "tokens": 2,
        "updated_at": {
          "$date": "2014-01-13T14:52:14.141Z"
          },
        "username": "ChunkyGoat3803"
    },
    ...
    ]

Installation

npm install parse-mongodb-export

Usage

Convert the JSON exported from Parse using the command:

parse-mongodb-export -f parse.json -o parse-mongolab.json

Then import the resulting JSON into a Mongolab collection using the mongoimport tool:

mongoimport -h ab123456.mongolab.com:12345 -d heroku_12345 -u user -p password -c User --jsonArray --file parse-mongolab.json

API

Usage: index [options]

Options:

-h, --help            output usage information
-V, --version         output the version number
-f, --file [name]     Parse JSON file to convert for export [parse.json]
-o, --out [name]      Output file name for converted JSON [out.json]
-r, --results [name]  Name of Parse results field ["results"]
-v, --verbose         Use verbose mode