Mongodb Mongoimport too large: Failure parsing errors

Instead of using:

mongoimport -d DATABASE_NAME -c COLLECTION_NAME --file YOUR_JSON_FILE

use the following command:

mongoimport -d DATABASE_NAME -c COLLECTION_NAME --file YOUR_JSON_FILE --jsonArray

In my case my file was actually not too large, so the error message was misleading. I had to either put each document in a single line or use --jsonArray.

So either change the file like:

{ "_id" : "xxxxxxxx", "foo" : "yyy", "bar" : "zzz" }

or change the import command to

mongoimport -d [db_name] -c [col_name] --file [file_with_multi_lined_docs] --jsonArray

if my file stays in the multiple-lines-per-document format

{    "_id" : "xxxxxxxx",     "foo" : "yyy",     "bar" : "zzz" }

Is your json file only contains a list of records in the data field? In that case, you need to re-format your json file as a list of records like the following:

     {     "id": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",     "from": {        "name": "yyyyyyyyyyy",        "id": "1111111111111"     },     "to": {        "data": [           {              "version": 1,              "name": "1111111111111",              "id": "1111111111111"           }        ]     },     ......     }     {     "id": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",     "from": {        "name": "yyyyyyyyyyy",        "id": "1111111111111"     },     "to": {        "data": [           {              "version": 1,              "name": "1111111111111",              "id": "1111111111111"           }        ]     },     ......     }

Just edit the a few leading/ending lines should be enough if your json file is well formatted.

EDIT: You may need the --jsonArray option to import from a valid json file. try

mongoimport --db DATABASE_NAME --collection COLLECTION_NAME --file YOUR_JSON_FILE --jsonArray