Insert Methods

MongoDB 5.0 is end of life as of October 2024. This version of the documentation is no longer supported. To upgrade your 5.0 deployment, see the MongoDB 6.0 upgrade procedures.

MongoDB provides the following methods for inserting documents into a collection:

Method	Description
`db.collection.insertOne()`	Inserts a single document into a collection.
`db.collection.insertMany()`	Inserts multiple documents into a collection.

If you use MongoDB Atlas, the fully managed service for MongoDB deployments in the cloud, you can use these methods to insert documents after you connect to your cluster. To learn more, see the following resources in the MongoDB Atlas documentation:

Additional Methods for Inserts

The following methods can also add new documents to a collection, including collections hosted in MongoDB Atlas:

db.collection.updateOne() when used with the upsert: true option.
db.collection.updateMany() when used with the upsert: true option.
db.collection.findAndModify() when used with the upsert: true option.
db.collection.findOneAndUpdate() when used with the upsert: true option.
db.collection.findOneAndReplace() when used with the upsert: true option.
db.collection.bulkWrite().

See the individual reference pages for the methods for more information and examples.

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