PsMongo

Original Repository Can Be Found Here (not in Visual Studio .sln Format)

Powershell module to interact with MongoDB. More detailed, "live" examples can be found here.. These examples also contain test JSON data you can use to test saving and retrieving MongoDB data.

PsMongo Advantages

• Can interact with multiple MongoDB Databases or MongoDB Instances, from one Powershell session

• Grab Mongo Documents from a Collection straight into a PSCustomObject

• Supports local MongoDB Authentication

• Uses supported C# MongoDB Driver (IL Merge was used to embed MongoDB C# driver into PsMongo.dll)

Module Functions

• Import-PsMongoDLL

  • Must be used as the first command after the module is imported. Use parameter -PsMongoDllLocation to point to the location that you saved PsMongo.dll to

• New-MongoConnection

  • Must be ran "second" in order to interact with MongoDB.

• New-MongoDatabase

  • Create a new MongoDB after binding to a MongoDB Server.

• New-MongoCollection

  • Create a new Mongo Collection after binding to a MongoDB Server & Database.

• Add-JsonDocumentIntoMongoCollection

  • Allows you to save JSON files or JSON objects/data to a Mongo Collection.

• Get-AllDocumentsFromMongoCollection

  • Returns every document from the specified Mongo Collection (once you are bound to both a MongoDB Server and Database).

• Bind-ToMongoDatabase

  • Use if you want to change the DB you are currently connected to, or if you originally only binded to a MongoDB Server vs Server and Database

• ConvertFrom-BsonToJson

  • Allows you to convert a MongoDB BsonDocument to a JSON object.

• Remove-JsonDocumentFromMongoCollection

  • Essentially, grab a document from a Collection, then send it back with this command to delete it (is what happens under the hood).

• Remove-MongoCollection

  • Allows you to drop or delete a Mongo Collection once you are bound to a MongoDB.

• Remove-MongoDatabase

  • Allows you to drop or delete a MongoDB.

• Confirm-Selection

  • should really be private