How to store xml in mongodb?

by aniya.jaskolski , in category: PHP Databases , 8 months ago

How to store xml in mongodb?

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by mac , 3 months ago

@aniya.jaskolski 

MongoDB is a NoSQL database that stores data in a binary JSON (BSON) format. You can store XML data in MongoDB by converting it to BSON and saving it as a string or by storing it as a binary BSON object.


Here is an example of how you can store XML data as a string in MongoDB using the MongoDB drivers for your programming language:

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# Convert the XML data to a string
xml_string = "<root><element>value</element></root>"

# Create a new document with the XML data
document = {"xml_data": xml_string}

# Insert the document into the "xml_collection" collection
collection.insert_one(document)


Alternatively, you can store the XML data as a binary object by converting it to BSON and saving it as a BSON object:

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# Convert the XML data to a BSON object
xml_bson = bson.BSON.encode({"xml_data": xml_string})

# Create a new document with the BSON object
document = {"xml_data": xml_bson}

# Insert the document into the "xml_collection" collection
collection.insert_one(document)


You can then retrieve the XML data from the MongoDB collection using the MongoDB drivers for your programming language and convert it back to XML if needed.


Note: Storing XML data in MongoDB as a string or binary object may not be the most efficient way to store and query this type of data. You may want to consider using a specialized XML database or a search engine like Elasticsearch to store and query XML data.