Convert BSON to valid JSON

Question

The BsonDocument.ToJson() method returns invalid JSON, as ObjectID() and ISODate are not valid JSON.

What's the best way to get valid JSON from an arbitary BSON document?

Solution

You can try something like this

var document = new BsonDocument("_id", ObjectId.GenerateNewId());
    var jsonWriterSettings = new JsonWriterSettings { OutputMode = JsonOutputMode.Strict }; // key part
    Console.WriteLine(document.ToJson(jsonWriterSettings));

For More info https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mongodb-user/fQc9EvsPc4k

Comments

[Blakes Seven]

I find it odd that "strict" mode is not the default, but that is the case. At a guess I'd say more users voted for being able to "cut/paste" output directly into the MongoDB shell.