Installation

Normal Installation

Get MongoDB:

Download the right version per http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

Get the code:

pip install django-mongonaut==0.2.8

Install the dependency in your settings file (settings.py):

INSTALLED_APPS = (
...
'mongonaut',
...
)

Also in your settings file, you’ll need something like:

# mongodb connection
from mongoengine import connect
connect('example_blog')

You will need the following also set up:

  • django.contrib.sessions
  • django.contrib.messages

Note

No need for autodiscovery() with django-mongonaut!

Heroku MongoDB connection via MongoLabs

Your connection string will be provided by MongoLabs in the Heroku config. To make that work, just use the following code instead the # mongodb connection example:

# in your settings file (settings.py)
import os
import re
from mongoengine import connect
regex = re.compile(r'^mongodb\:\/\/(?P<username>[_\w]+):(?P<password>[\w]+)@(?P<host>[\.\w]+):(?P<port>\d+)/(?P<database>[_\w]+)$')
mongolab_url = os.environ['MONGOLAB_URI']
match = regex.search(mongolab_url)
data = match.groupdict()
connect(data['database'], host=data['host'], port=int(data['port']), username=data['username'], password=data['password'])

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