Exploring MongoDB queries

In this section, we will interact with the MongoDB server using CRUD operations, but first, let's create a database where the API data will be stored.

Note

You can view the full documentation for the MongoDB Go driver on the GoDoc website (https://godoc.org/go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver).

The InsertMany operation

Let's initialize the database with the recipes.json file we created in the previous chapter. First, retrieve a Database and then a Collection instance from Client. The Collection instance will be used to insert documents:

func init() {
   recipes = make([]Recipe, 0)
   file, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("recipes.json")
   _ = json.Unmarshal([]byte(file), &recipes)
   ctx = context.Background()
   client, err = mongo.Connect(ctx, 
       options.Client().ApplyURI(os.Getenv("MONGO_URI")))
  &...