{"id":1808,"date":"2022-12-05T13:16:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T13:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jenniferkwentoh.com\/?p=1808"},"modified":"2022-12-05T20:53:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T20:53:34","slug":"connect-to-mongodb-from-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jenniferkwentoh.com\/connect-to-mongodb-from-python\/","title":{"rendered":"Connect to MongoDB from Python"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Connect to MongoDB from Python 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connect to MongoDB from Python<\/strong> <strong>code<\/strong> &#8211; Follow these steps to connect to your Mongo database from your python code. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Install PyMongo <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pymongo.readthedocs.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PyMongo<\/a> supports <code>CPython 3.7+<\/code> and <code>PyPy3.7+<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PyMongo official documentation recommends using <a href=\"https:\/\/pypi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pip<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"bash\" class=\"language-bash\">$ python3 -m pip install pymongo<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background\"><code lang=\"bash\" class=\"language-bash\">Collecting pymongo\n  Downloading pymongo-4.3.3-cp38-cp38-manylinux_2_17_x86_64.manylinux2014_x86_64.whl (501 kB)\n     |\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588\u2588| 501 kB 346 kB\/s\nRequirement already satisfied: dnspython&lt;3.0.0,&gt;=1.16.0 in \/home\/jennifer\/anaconda3\/lib\/python3.8\/site-packages (from pymongo) (2.2.1)\nInstalling collected packages: pymongo\nSuccessfully installed pymongo-4.3.3<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>if you already have pymongo and want to upgrade, run the line below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"bash\" class=\"language-bash\">$ python3 -m pip install --upgrade pymongo<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Import MongoClient and create a connection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"python\" class=\"language-python\">from pymongo import MongoClient\n\nclient = MongoClient()<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>you can specify the host address and port<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code class=\"\">from pymongo import MongoClient\nhost = 'localhost'\nport = 27017\nclient = MongoClient(host, port)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use mongodb URI format<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"python\" class=\"language-python\">from pymongo import MongoClient\nURI = 'mongodb:\/\/localhost:27017'\nclient = MongoClient(URI)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MongoDB URI with username and password<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"python\" class=\"language-python\">URI = 'mongodb:\/\/USER:PASSWORD@HOST\/DATABASE'<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>If the username and password have special characters, we can escape them according to <code>RFC 3986<\/code> using <code>urllib.parse.quote_plus<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code lang=\"python\" class=\"language-python\">from pymongo import MongoClient\nfrom urllib.parse import quote_plus as urlquote\n\nuser = 'mongouser'\npassword = 'mongo@strong!pasword'\nhost = 'localhost'\nport = 27017\nURI = f'mongodb:\/\/{urlquote(user)}:{urlquote(password)}@{host}:{port}'\nclient = MongoClient(URI)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. 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