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This guide walks you through exporting data from MongoDB Atlas and restoring it into your local MongoDB so you can work with up-to-date data. You need your own Mongo Atlas URL (ask your team lead if you don’t have one).

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Step 1: Export the MongoDB Atlas Database

Export your MongoDB Atlas database to a BSON (Binary JSON) dump using mongodump.
  1. Export the database Use mongodump with the same connection string as in your backend .env. Replace MONGO_URL with the MONGO_URL value from Meridian/backend/.env, and set a local path for the dump: 
    mongodump --uri="MONGO_URL" --out=/path/to/dump
Your dump path is only a temporary location. Examples: C:\Users\<username>\dump (Windows) or ~/dump (macOS/Linux).
Replace your-atlas-connection-string with your actual Atlas connection string and /path/to/dump with the directory where you want the dump files.

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Step 2: Import the Dump into Your Local MongoDB Instance

Import the BSON dump into your local MongoDB using mongorestore.
  1. Import the database Run mongorestore with the dump path and the database name (e.g. studycompass): 
    mongorestore --db studycompass --drop /path/to/dump/studycompass
Append the database name to your dump path. For example, if your dump path was C:\Users\James\dump, the mongorestore path is C:\Users\James\dump\studycompass.
Replace your-local-db-name with the name you want for your local database, /path/to/dump with the path to the dump directory, and your-atlas-db-name with the Atlas database name (e.g. studycompass).