convert BSON to valid json, then parse it in python

convert.sh.py

#!/bin/bash
bsondump database.bson > database.json

# replace ObjectId("50f330869178b31dde000001")
# with just the string

sed -re 's/ObjectId\((.*)\)/\1/g' database.json > test.json

# then in python

import json
from pprint import pprint

data = []
ct = 0
with open('database.json') as f:
    for line in f:
      try:
        data.append(json.loads(line))
      except:
        pass

pprint(data)