importFile() - Import JSON documents from file command

Imports JSON documents from a file into a collection.

Syntax diagram

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramdb.collection. importFile(file_name ,commit_frequency )

Command parameters

file_name
This parameter specifies the fully qualified name of a file from which to import data.
commit_frequency
This optional parameter specifies the batch size for commit operations. Larger batches generally improve performance.

Example

Import documents from a file that is named books.
db.books.importFile("C:\\books.js")
Sample output is as follows:
28 objects were imported in 4030 milliseconds.