Mongodb - Mongoimport error invalid character

Question

I tried to import a simple json file using mongoimport and i get the following error

PER-MacBook-Pro:/AJ$ mongoimport --db test --collection samplePM --file         


        

Answer 1

I was able to get away with using --jsonArray tag, giving the file full path, and modified it adding bracket at the beginning and at the end,

[{"my":"json","file":"imported"},{"my":"cool","file":"succeeded"}]

mongoimport --db myCoolDb --collection myCoolColl --file /path/to/my/imported/file.json --jsonArray