import-data.txt

## instructions for importing data into a mongodb database from a json file
## requirements/installations: (Mongodb)
1- the valid format of the json file should be like this
(this is a books collection as an example)
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{
  "title":"War and Peace",
  "genre":"Historical Fiction",
  "author":"Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy",
  "read":false
}
{
  "title":"Les Misérables",
  "genre":"Historical Fiction",
  "author":"Victor Hugo",
  "read":false
}
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2- type the following command in terminal
and replace the DB name and the file name and location
with your names
mongoimport --db bookAPI --collection books --drop --file /var/www/levelupWorkspace/nodejs/BookAPI/books.json
## references
1- json valid format (second answer of user Alex Glukhovtsev)
https://goo.gl/mg2UCd
2- import json collection to mongodb database command
https://goo.gl/xSIJV2