Storing Data in MongoDB with Go

First check the Go version by running the command

go version

Create a folder

mkdir <folder_name>

Switch to created folder

cd <folder_name>

Initialize the go project by running the given command. You will get go.mod file.

go mod init <folder_name>

Create a main.go file, use terminal or bash

notepad main.go

touch main.go

Let’s write some basic code in main.go file.

package main

import (
“fmt”
)

func main () {
fmt.Println(“Hello From Go”)
}

Run the code by following command

go run main.go

You will see this output in console

Hello From Go

Install some packages to connect MongoDB. Here are commands

go get go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver

go get go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo

Revisit the main.go file to connect MongoDB. Add some code to connect MongoDB. This is how it will look after adding.

package main

// package importing
import (
“fmt”

“log”
“context”

“go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo”
“go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/options”
)

// mongodb connections
var collection *mongo.Collection
var ctx = context.TODO()

func init() {
clientOptions := options.Client().ApplyURI(“mongodb://localhost:27017/”)
client, err := mongo.Connect(ctx, clientOptions)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}

// check connection
err = client.Ping(ctx, nil)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(“Connected to MongoDB!”)

collection = client.Database(“testingWithGo”).Collection(“movies”)
}

// entry point
func main () {
fmt.Println(“Hello From Go”)
}

Run the code by following command

go run main.go

You will see this output in console

Connected to MongoDB!

Hello From Go

Till, Our MongoDB is connected. Now let’s add some data. We are going to add movie data. So, let’s make a movie structure.

// movie model or structure 

type Movie struct {

ID    string `json:”id”`

Title string `json:”title”`

}

Now write a function to add movie to database.

// to add movie to db
func addMovie(id, title string) {

movie := Movie{
ID: id,
Title: title,
}

_, err := collection.InsertOne(ctx, movie)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}

fmt.Println(“Movie added successfully!”)
}

Call the addMovie function to main function.

addMovie(“1”, “Captain America”)

This is how our code will look like after completing above steps

package main

// package importing
import (
“fmt”

“log”
“context”

“go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo”
“go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/options”
)

// mongodb connections
var collection *mongo.Collection
var ctx = context.TODO()

func init() {
clientOptions := options.Client().ApplyURI(“mongodb://localhost:27017/”)
client, err := mongo.Connect(ctx, clientOptions)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}

// check connection
err = client.Ping(ctx, nil)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(“Connected to MongoDB!”)

collection = client.Database(“testingWithGo”).Collection(“movies”)
}

// movie model or structure
type Movie struct {
ID string `json:”id”`
Title string `json:”title”`
}

// to add movie to db
func addMovie(id, title string) {

movie := Movie{
ID: id,
Title: title,
}

_, err := collection.InsertOne(ctx, movie)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}

fmt.Println(“Movie added successfully!”)
}

// entry point
func main () {
fmt.Println(“Hello From Go”)

// callig addMovie
addMovie(“1”, “Captain America”)
}

Run the code by following command

go run main.go

You will see this output in console

Connected to MongoDB!

Hello From Go

Movie added successfully!

We have successfully added some data to MongoDB, you can verify in your database, which is your localhost.

mongodb://localhost:27017/

That’s for this article. Thank You.