How to convert bson file to json with javascript with a simple script file. Followup this simple proces
Save the following file into index.js
const fs = require('fs')
const BSON = require('bson')
function BSON2JSON (from) {
const buffer = fs.readFileSync(from)
let index = 0
const documents = []
while (buffer.length > index) {
index = BSON.deserializeStream(buffer, index, 1, documents, documents.length)
}
return documents
}
const bsonFilePath = 'file.bson'
const bson2json = BSON2JSON(bsonFilePath)
console.log('🚀 ~ file: bson2json:', bson2json)
If you want tot export the bson to a json file add at the end of the file this line of code:
fs.writeFileSync('file.json', JSON.stringify(bson2json))
