A script for mongo shell to get the collection structure.

mongo-struc.js

var conn = new Mongo();
db = conn.getDB(<DB_NAME>);
var cursor = db.<COLLECTION>.find();
var items = [];
items = cursor.toArray();
var dbstruc = {};
for (var i = 0; i < items.length; ++i) {
    var target = items[i];
    getKP(target,dbstruc);
}
printjson(dbstruc);

function getKP (target,dbstruc) {
	for (var k in target) {
		if(typeof target[k] !== "object"){
			if (target.hasOwnProperty(k) && !dbstruc.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
            	dbstruc[k] = typeof target[k];
        	}	
		}else{
			dbstruc[k] = {};
			getKP(target[k],dbstruc[k]);
		}       
    }
}

works like a charm! Howver, I subsequently found the robomongo app and it's a nice tool to use in conjuction with mongo!

works like a charm! However, I subsequently found the robomongo app and it's a nice tool to use in conjuction with mongo!

Thanks abt3bs! Glad it helped you 👍

Thanks, it was really useful

For some strange reason, when running with MongoChef 3.5.1 IntelliShell, it errored out:

E QUERY    [thread1] ReferenceError: getKP is not defined :
@(shell):3:3

I had to move getKP() to be before the rest of the code but yes it worked, thanks!

Works cool.. Thanks :)