How to export collection to CSV in MongoDB?

Question

How do you export all the records in a MongoDB collection to a .csv file?

mongoexport --host localhost --db dbname --collection name --type=csv          


        

Answer 1

Solution for MongoDB Atlas users!

Add the --fields parameter as comma separated field names enclosed in double inverted quotes:

--fields ",..."

This is complete example:

mongoexport --host Cluster0-shard-0/shard1URL.mongodb.net:27017,shard2URL.mongodb.net:27017,shard3URL.mongodb.net:27017 --ssl --username  --password  --authenticationDatabase admin --db  --collection  --type 
 --out 
 --fields ",..."