Insert Multiple Documents

You can insert multiple documents using the collection.insertMany() method. The insertMany() takes an array of documents to insert into the specified collection.

You can specify more options in the options object passed as the second parameter of the insertMany() method. Specify ordered:true to prevent inserting the remaining documents if the insertion failed for a previous document in the array.

Specifying incorrect parameters for your insertMany() operation can cause problems. Attempting to insert a field with a value that violates unique index rules results in a duplicate key error.

Example

Note

You can use this example to connect to an instance of MongoDB and interact with a database that contains sample data. To learn more about connecting to your MongoDB instance and loading a sample dataset, see the Usage Examples guide.

1 import { MongoClient } from "mongodb";
2 
3 // Replace the uri string with your MongoDB deployment's connection string.
4 const uri = "<connection string uri>";
5 
6 const client = new MongoClient(uri);
7 
8 async function run() {
9   try {
10 
11     // Get the database and collection on which to run the operation
12     const database = client.db("insertDB");
13     const foods = database.collection("foods");
14 
15     // Create an array of documents to insert
16     const docs = [
17       { name: "cake", healthy: false },
18       { name: "lettuce", healthy: true },
19       { name: "donut", healthy: false }
20     ];
21 
22     // Prevent additional documents from being inserted if one fails
23     const options = { ordered: true };
24 
25     // Execute insert operation
26     const result = await foods.insertMany(docs, options);
27    
28     // Print result
29     console.log(`${result.insertedCount} documents were inserted`);
30   } finally {
31     await client.close();
32   }
33 }
34 run().catch(console.dir);

1 import { MongoClient } from "mongodb";
2 
3 // Replace the uri string with your MongoDB deployment's connection string.
4 const uri = "<connection string uri>";
5 
6 const client = new MongoClient(uri);
7 
8 interface Food {
9   name: string;
10   healthy: boolean;
11 }
12 
13 async function run() {
14   try {
15     const database = client.db("insertDB");
16     // Specifying a schema is optional, but it enables type hints on
17     // finds and inserts
18     const foods = database.collection<Food>("foods");
19 
20     const result = await foods.insertMany(
21       [
22         { name: "cake", healthy: false },
23         { name: "lettuce", healthy: true },
24         { name: "donut", healthy: false },
25       ],
26       { ordered: true }
27     );
28     console.log(`${result.insertedCount} documents were inserted`);
29   } finally {
30     await client.close();
31   }
32 }
33 run().catch(console.dir);

Running the preceding example, you see the following output:

3 documents were inserted

Back

Insert a Document

Update & Replace

1	import { MongoClient } from "mongodb";
2
3	// Replace the uri string with your MongoDB deployment's connection string.
4	const uri = "<connection string uri>";
5
6	const client = new MongoClient(uri);
7
8	async function run() {
9	try {
10
11	// Get the database and collection on which to run the operation
12	const database = client.db("insertDB");
13	const foods = database.collection("foods");
14
15	// Create an array of documents to insert
16	const docs = [
17	{ name: "cake", healthy: false },
18	{ name: "lettuce", healthy: true },
19	{ name: "donut", healthy: false }
20	];
21
22	// Prevent additional documents from being inserted if one fails
23	const options = { ordered: true };
24
25	// Execute insert operation
26	const result = await foods.insertMany(docs, options);
27
28	// Print result
29	console.log(`${result.insertedCount} documents were inserted`);
30	} finally {
31	await client.close();
32	}
33	}
34	run().catch(console.dir);