Dump mongo collection to CSV

A Node function to connect into MongoDB, get documents from collection by name and save the content to CSV file. Store your sensitive informations in .env or inject from pipeline are good pratices and this way i did.

Install

npm i mongo-dump-collection

Function

The exported function returns nothing but it`s a Promise and you should append .then or use async/await to treat exceptions.

dumpCollectionAsCSV(options: Object) => void

Params

mongoConnectionString and collectionName are required params, outputPath is optional and has './dump.csv' as default value.

const options = {
    mongoConnectionString: 'Your mongoDB connection string',
    collectionName: 'Collection`s name',
    outputPath: 'Path to save output file'
}

Example

You can find the same code in example.js

require('dotenv').config()
const dumpCollectionAsCSV = require('./index')

const mongoConnectionString = process.env.MONGO_URL
const collectionName = process.env.COLLECTION_NAME
const options = { mongoConnectionString, collectionName }

dumpCollectionAsCSV(options)