bson

What is a .bson file?

application/bson

BSON (Binary JSON, .bson) is the binary-encoded serialization MongoDB uses to store documents. It extends JSON with typed values (ObjectId, dates, binary, decimal128) and length-prefixed fields for fast traversal.

How to use a .bson file

Use an example .bson file to test BSON parsers, MongoDB import/export (mongodump/mongorestore), and BSON-to-JSON conversion.

Download example .bson file

BSON — Binary JSON (MongoDB)The records as BSON — the binary-JSON encoding MongoDB stores documents in. For testing BSON decoders and JSON↔BSON conversion.

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