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.. _node-bson-control:
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.. _node-bson:
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- ====
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- BSON
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- ====
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+ ==============
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+ Work with BSON
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+ ==============
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.. default-domain:: mongodb
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@@ -17,9 +17,125 @@ Overview
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--------
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In this guide, you can learn how to create BSON documents, read BSON from a file,
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- and write BSON to a file by using {+driver-short+}.
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+ and write BSON to a file by using the {+driver-short+}.
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**BSON**, or Binary JSON, is the data format that MongoDB uses to organize
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and store data. This data format includes all JSON data structure types and
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adds support for types including dates, different size integers, ObjectIds, and
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- binary data.
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+ binary data. You can use BSON documents in your {+language+} application by importing the
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+ BSON package. For a complete list of supported types, see the
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+ :manual:`BSON Types </reference/bson-types>` server manual page.
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+ The code samples in this guide use the following BSON document as an example:
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+ .. code-block:: none
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+
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+ {
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+ "address" : {
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+ "street" : "Pizza St",
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+ "zipcode" : "10003"
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+ },
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+ "coord" : [-73.982419, 41.579505],
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+ "cuisine" : "Pizza",
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+ "name" : "Mongo's Pizza"
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+ }
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+
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+ Create a BSON Document
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+ ----------------------
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+
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+ You can create a BSON document by using the same notation you use to create an
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+ object in {+language+}. The {+driver-short+} automatically converts {+language+} objects
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+ into BSON documents when inserting them into a collection.
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+
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+ The following example creates a BSON document that
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+ represents the preceding sample BSON document:
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+ .. code-block:: javascript
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+ const document = {
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+ "address": {
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+ "street": "Pizza St",
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+ "zipcode": "10003",
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+ },
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+ "coord": [-73.982419, 41.579505],
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+ "cuisine": "Pizza",
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+ "name": "Mongo's Pizza",
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+ }
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+
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+ Change a BSON Document
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+ ----------------------
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+ You can modify the contents of a BSON document by using the same notation you use to modify
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+ an object in {+language+}. The following example makes three changes to the previous
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+ BSON document:
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+ 1. Adds a new field, ``restaurant_id``, with the value ``12345``
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+ #. Removes the ``cuisine`` field
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+ #. Sets the value of the ``name`` field to ``"Mongo's Pizza Place"``
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+
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+ .. code-block:: javascript
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+ document.restaurant_id = "12345";
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+ delete document.cuisine;
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+ document.name = "Mongo's Pizza Place";
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+ Write BSON to a File
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+ --------------------
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+ To write BSON data to a file, import the file system module and open the output file.
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+ Then, write each document to the output file. Ensure that documents are encoded in BSON
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+ format by using the ``BSON.serialize()`` method.
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+ The following example writes the sample BSON document to ``file.bson``:
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+ .. code-block:: javascript
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+ import fs from 'fs/promises'; // Import the file system module
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+ import { BSON } from 'bson'; // Import the BSON package
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+
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+ // Create a BSON object
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+ const bsonData = BSON.serialize(result);
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+ // Write the BSON data to a file
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+ await fs.writeFile('file.bson', bsonData);
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+ console.log('BSON data written to file.bson');
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+ Read BSON from a File
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+ ---------------------
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+ To read BSON documents from a file, open a file in read mode. Then, decode the documents
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+ from BSON format as you read them by using the ``BSON.deserialize()`` method.
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+ The following example reads the sample BSON document from ``file.bson``:
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+ .. io-code-block::
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+ :copyable: true
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+ .. input::
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+ :language: javascript
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+ import fs from 'fs/promises'; // Import the file system module
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+ import { BSON } from 'bson'; // Import the BSON package
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+ // Read the BSON data from a file
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+ const data = await fs.readFile('file.bson');
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+ const document = BSON.deserialize(data);
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+ console.log(document);
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+ .. output::
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+ :visible: false
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+ {
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+ _id: new ObjectId('67e1823d0d63bfdf87e8928e'),
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+ address: { street: 'Pizza St', zipcode: '10003' },
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+ coord: [ -73.982419, 41.579505 ],
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+ cuisine: 'Pizza',
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+ name: "Mongo's Pizza"
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+ }
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+ API Documentation
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+ -----------------
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+ To learn more about any of the methods or types discussed in this
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+ guide, see the `BSON <{+api+}/modules/BSON.html>`__ API documentation.
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