tldr/pages/common/mongorestore.md

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# mongorestore
> Utility to import a collection or database from a binary dump into a MongoDB instance.
- Import a bson data dump from a directory to a MongoDB database:
`mongorestore --db {{database_name}} {{path/to/directory}}`
- Import a bson data dump from a directory to a given database in a MongoDB server host, running at a given port, with user authentication (user will be prompted for password):
`mongorestore --host {{database_host:port}} --db {{database_name}} --username {{username}} {{path/to/directory}} --password`
- Import a collection from a bson file to a MongoDB database:
`mongorestore --db {{database_name}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Import a collection from a bson file to a given database in a MongoDB server host, running at a given port, with user authentication (user will be prompted for password):
`mongorestore --host {{database_host:port}} --db {{database_name}} --username {{username}} {{path/to/file}} --password`