Loading shapefiles into mongodb. This all actually comes from here: http://geospatialpython.com/ But this is wrapped up a little nicer.

loadshp2mongo.py

# http://geospatialpython.com/
import json, pymongo, shapefile
from json import dumps
database = 'geo'
connection = pymongo.MongoClient()
db = getattr(connection,database)


def renamesh2json(x):
    d = x.split(".")
    d.pop(-1)
    y = ''.join(d)+".json"
    return(y)

def sh2json(filename):
    reader = shapefile.Reader(filename)
    fields = reader.fields[1:]
    field_names = [field[0] for field in fields]
    buffer = []
    for sr in reader.shapeRecords():
       atr = dict(zip(field_names, sr.record))
       geom = sr.shape.__geo_interface__
       buffer.append(dict(type="Feature", geometry=geom, properties=atr)) 
    newfilename = renamesh2json(filename)
    geojson = open(newfilename, "w")
    geojson.write(dumps({"type": "FeatureCollection",\
    "features": buffer}, indent=2) + "\n")
    geojson.close()
    print("write of {} successful".format(newfilename))
    return(newfilename)

def loader(shapefile, collection):
    jf = open(shapefile)
    data = json.load(jf)
    for d in data['features']:
        db[collection].insert(d)
    print("Upload of shapefile: {} into collection: {} successful".format(shapefile, collection))