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Updating Local Database

Step 1: Export the MongoDB Atlas Database​

First, you need to export your MongoDB Atlas database to a BSON (Binary JSON) file. You can use the mongodump tool for this. Make sure you have your own Mongo Atlas URL (should be given by James)

  1. Export the Database: Use mongodump to export your database. Replace MONGO_URL with the MONGO_URL variable in the .env file in /backend.

    mongodump --uri="MONGO_URL" --out=/path/to/dump
    note

    Your path to dump is just a temporary storage location so the location isn't very important. A good example would be C:\Users\<usename>\dump

    Replace your-atlas-connection-string with your actual connection string and /path/to/dump with the path where you want to save the dump files.

Step 2: Import the Dump into Your Local MongoDB Instance​

Next, you need to import the BSON files into your local MongoDB instance.

  1. Import the Database: Use mongorestore to import the BSON files into your local MongoDB.

    mongorestore --db studycompass --drop /path/to/dump/studycompass
    note

    For the mongorestore path, just take your dump path and add studycompass at the end. For example, if my dump path was C:\Users\James\dump, the monogrestore path would be C:\Users\James\dump\studycompass

    Replace your-local-db-name with the name you want for your local database, /path/to/dump with the path to the dump files, and your-atlas-db-name with the name of the database from MongoDB Atlas.