How to seed MongoDB Database?

[white olive]

Hello, I'm having difficulties seeding my mongodb database. I tried writing a .js script to run in node - but I cant run the scripts as it doesn't like import statements.

[undone steeple]

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[viscid shale]

you can use .mjs to use import/export and modules

[white olive]

Thanks for replying. I'll look into what that is. Is this a good way in general to seed a database in nextjs with mongodb?

[viscid shale]

it's not good or bad, you use db seeding when you need it

[clever ibex]

Depending on how much data you have, I like to seed my db when my first user joins or my app starts up for the first time or I have a “seed” route behind an api key which gets invoked

But in my case the seed data is usually like 100 records or less

So it runs in an acceptable amount of time

[white olive]

not having any luck switching to .mjs