monget
a commandline tool to run mongo queries to stdout
Installation
npm install -g monget
Usage
$ node monget --conn <connection string> <mongo shell javascript command>
Options:
-c, --conn a mongodb connection string (see http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Connections)
-s, --save save the connection to a .monget file in the current directory [boolean]
Example:
monget --conn mongodb://localhost/myDB "db.users.findOne()" > user.json
monget requires a mongodb connection string. From the mongo docs:
mongodb://[username:password@]host1[:port1][,host2[:port2],...[,hostN[:portN]]][/[database][?options]]
eg
mongodb://localhost/myDb
If no connection string is passed in the --conn argument, monget will check for a connection string in a file called .monget. You can call monget with the --save flag to save the connection string argument to the .monget file for convenience.
Shell-friendly syntax!
The things you're going to want to do in the mongoshell are run one-liner queries. As such, we make things easier for you:
- Automatically prefix commands with
db. - Automatically append
()if you don't explicitly invoke a method - Automatically call
.shellPrint()for.find(default mongoshell interactive behavior)
This means you can either write
$ monget "db.MyCollection.findOne()"
(note the quotes necessary in Bash when using parentheses)
or
$ monget MyCollection.findOne
We're here to make your life easier, because we love you.
License
Written by Jason Denizac jason@denizac.org
Copyright 2012 Agile Diagnosis, Inc.
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.