var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient; var url = 'mongodb://localhost:27017/scribe'; MongoClient.connect(url, function (err, db) { if (err) return console.error(err); var Entry = db.collection('entries'); var cursor = Entry.find({serialized: {$exists: false}}); cursor.on('data', function (doc) { if (doc.serialized) { return cursor.resume(); } cursor.pause(); Entry.update({_id: doc._id}, {$set: {serialized: JSON.stringify(doc)}}, err => { if (err) { console.error(err); cursor.close(); return; } cursor.resume(); }); }); cursor.on('error', function (err) { console.error(err); process.exit(1); }); cursor.on('end', function () { db.close(); console.log('Finished. Exiting...'); process.exit(0); }); });