How to Batch Download Content & Media from Your Database
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Ever needed to move your content out of a database and onto your local file system? In this practical, no-fluff tutorial, we walk you through a powerful Node.js script designed to export your content and all its media assets directly from MongoDB.
Follow along as we build a script from scratch that reads a list of content, queries MongoDB using an aggregation pipeline, and then automatically downloads all associated images and media files, organizing everything neatly for you. This is a real-world example of how to use MongoDB and Node.js to solve a common content migration challenge, perfect for anyone managing a CMS or needing to batch-export data.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction & Use Case
00:52 Project Setup & Dependencies
03:37 Boilerplate Code Explained
06:10 Loading URL Slugs from File
08:59 Querying MongoDB with Aggregation Pipeline
13:33 Saving Markdown to Local File System
16:48 Saving Metadata to Local File
19:40 Extracting Asset URLs from Markdown
23:36 Downloading Assets with Axios
30:46 Final Thoughts & Conclusion
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