BSON Converter
Convert between MongoDB BSON and JSON
ObjectId Tools
What is BSON?
- • Binary JSON format used by MongoDB
- • Supports ObjectId, Date, Binary types
- • More efficient storage than plain JSON
- • Extended JSON format supports special types
BSON & MongoDB Extended JSON Guide
What is BSON?
BSON (Binary JSON) is a binary-encoded serialization of JSON-like documents. MongoDB uses BSON as its primary data storage and network transfer format. BSON supports additional data types not available in standard JSON.
Extended JSON Format
MongoDB Extended JSON is a string format for representing BSON documents. It allows you to work with BSON types in a human-readable JSON format:
ObjectId: {"$oid": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"}
Date: {"$date": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"}
Long: {"$numberLong": "9223372036854775807"}
Binary: {"$binary": {"base64": "...", "subType": "00"}}
ObjectId Structure
A MongoDB ObjectId is a 12-byte identifier consisting of:
TTTTTTTTMMMMMMPPPPCCCCCC
T (8 chars): Unix timestamp
M (6 chars): Machine identifier
P (4 chars): Process ID
C (6 chars): Counter