Inserting data from json file to mongodb

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I am learning MongoDB and for practice i downloaded the restaurant data from mongodb site. I am using windows OS and mongo is installed properly. Now, I want to insert all the restaurant documents ( i.e json data) to mongodb. I am using cmd and tried this command

 mongoimport --db test --collection restaurants --drop --file ~/downloads/primer-dataset.json

but it failed and got the message that

 SyntaxError: missing ; before statement @(shell):1:4

How to solve this error? Please help me because I couldn't find satisfactory answer even after spending too much time.

JohnnyHK · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-25 16:11:22Z

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mongoimport must be run from the Windows command prompt, not the mongo shell.

answered Nov 25, 2016 at 16:11

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JohnnyHK Over a year ago

@siddharthpal Are you sure? That's the error you get if you try and run that command within the mongo shell.

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