I have a csv file with a header row and 100k entries in it. I am using python in pycharm IDE and conda as python interpreter. conda suppies pymongo-3.4.0 as mongo-driver. I parse my csv file and save it as jsonn file on disk, and then iterate over the json file to insert the json objects in the mongo database. JSON looks like this: { a1 : {'name': 702104534, type='Single' } a2 : {'name': 702104535, type='Single' } a3 : {'name': 702104536, type='Married' } } Python Code: import pymongo import pickle with open('my_json_file.json', 'rb') as in_file: person_json = pickle.load(in_file) conn = pymongo.MonogClient('localhost','27017') db = conn['db'] coll = db['coll'] persons = person_json.keys() for person in persons: coll.insert_one(person_json[person]) Throughs the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:/PyCharmWorkSpace/LCR/json2mongo.py", line 109, in <module> data2mongo() File "C:/PyCharmWorkSpace/LCR/json2mongo.py", line 89, in data2mongo coll.insert_one(json_str) File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pymongo\collection.py", line 657, in insert_one bypass_doc_val=bypass_document_validation), File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pymongo\collection.py", line 562, in _insert check_keys, manipulate, write_concern, op_id, bypass_doc_val) File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pymongo\collection.py", line 543, in _insert_one check_keys=check_keys) File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pymongo\pool.py", line 424, in command self._raise_connection_failure(error) File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pymongo\pool.py", line 552, in _raise_connection_failure raise error File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pymongo\pool.py", line 419, in command collation=collation) File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pymongo\network.py", line 94, in command None, codec_options, check_keys) bson.errors.InvalidDocument: Cannot encode object: 702104534 However, same works, if the json string is a variable Python Code: import pymongo conn = pymongo.MonogClient('localhost','27017') db = conn['db'] coll = db['coll'] person = {'name': 702104534, 'type'='Single' } coll.insert_one(person) Thanks for your help. Continue reading...