What does a BSON document example look like?
BSON is a binary format, so a "real" document in it looks like a set of bytes. But logically it corresponds to a JSON structure. It's easier to show an example in the JSON form that BSON represents internally:
json
{
"_id": ObjectId("6512bd43d9caa6e02c990b0a"),
"name": "Alex",
"age": 25,
"isActive": true,
"skills": ["MongoDB", "Node.js"],
"createdAt": ISODate("2025-10-22T10:00:00Z"),
"profile": {
"city": "Berlin",
"status": "developer"
}
}What matters here
ObjectIdandISODateare special BSON types (JSON has no equivalent)- arrays and nested objects are supported natively
- the document is stored as key-value pairs and stays a coherent structure
Inside MongoDB this object is stored in binary BSON form, but for reading and display it's usually shown as JSON.
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