Cloud-Native Applications in Java

Getting MongoDB ready with test data

The steps to download and install MongoDB are as follows:

1. Install MongoDB. It is fairly easy to follow the instructions for various platforms on the MongoDB website (https://www.mongodb.com/).
2. Run mongod.exe to start an instance of MongoDB.
3. Create a test file with our sample data (similar to import.sql). This time, however, we will keep the data in JSON format instead of SQL statements. The products.json file is as follows:

{"_id":"1","name":"Apples","catId":1} 
{"_id":"2","name":"Oranges","catId":1} 
{"_id":"3","name":"Bananas","catId":1} 
{"_id":"4","name":"Carrot","catId":2} 

Note the _id, which is the primary key notation for MongoDB. If you do not provide an _id, MongoDB will auto generate that field ...