MongoDB Tutorial

MongoDB is an open source, NoSQL database that stores data in the form of documents. Being a NoSQL database, it is not relational and does not comply to ACID(Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) properties.

  • Document – In mongoDB, data is stored in the form of documents, these are analogous to tuples/row in RDBMS. These documents contain data in the form of key-value pairs similar to JSON objects.
    { “_id” : ObjectId(“5dfjsdd8d8fk3k9keb2d5d”), “FirstName” : “Kuldeep”, “LastName” : “Rana”, “Site” : “ArtOfTesting.com” }
  • Collection – Collections are analogous to tables in RDBMS and are collection of of a set of related documents (but the documents can have dissimilar fields).

MongoDB Commands

  • mongo –port <port>–
    To connect to a mongoDB in a specified port

  • use <dbName>–
    To select a database <dbName<

  • show dbs–
    To display all the databases

  • show collections–
    To display all the collections in the current database

  • db.<collectionName>.find()–
    To select all the data in the specified collection

  • db.<collectionName>.find({<key>:<value>})–
    To fetch data in the specified collection with the given condition (key-value pair)

  • db.<collectionName>.insert(<document>)–
    To insert given document in the specified collection

  • db.<collectionName>.update({<key>:<value>}, <document>)–
    Updates data for the given key-value pair with the provided document/key-value pairs


For MongoDB Testing using Java, check our tutorial – MongoDB testing using Java.

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