Version 1.1 by Leon Poon on 2018/12/24 09:47
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1 First, [[set up a virtualenv>>doc:Main.How to Create a VirtualEnv.WebHome]].
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3 Make sure that your [[mongo server is running>>url:https://wiki.codepowered.com/wiki/How_to_connect_to_mongo_server]].
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5 [[In the virtualenv, install pymongo>>url:https://wiki.codepowered.com/wiki/How_to_add_libraries_to_a_virtualenv]], then try out this .py file [[in the virtualenv>>url:https://wiki.codepowered.com/wiki/How_to_Run_a_Python_Script_in_a_VirtualEnv]].
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7 {{code language="python"}}
8 from pymongo import MongoClient
9 client = MongoClient()
10 db = client['test-database']
11 collection = db['test-collection']
12 print(collection.insert_one({'my_key': 'some value'}))
13 {{/code}}
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15 The printout shows the ID assigned by mongodb to the data you stored. You can now try to [[look it up>>url:https://wiki.codepowered.com/wiki/How_to_Use_Pymongo_and_Search_for_Data]].
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17 You can also follow [[tutorial>>url:https://api.mongodb.com/python/current/tutorial.html%7Cthis]].