Specify Connection Options
Overview
This section describes the MongoDB connection and authentication options
available in PyMongo. You can configure your connection by using either
the connection URI or arguments to the MongoClient constructor.
Using the Connection URI
If you pass a connection URI to the MongoClient constructor, you can include
connection options in the string as <name>=<value> pairs. In the following example,
the connection URI contains the connectTimeoutMS option with a value of 60000
and the tls option with a value of true. Select the Synchronous or
Asynchronous tab to see the corresponding code:
uri = "mongodb://<hostname>:<port>/?connectTimeoutMS=60000&tls=true" client = pymongo.MongoClient(uri)
uri = "mongodb://<hostname>:<port>/?connectTimeoutMS=60000&tls=true" client = pymongo.AsyncMongoClient(uri)
Using a MongoClient
You can pass connection options as arguments to the MongoClient constructor
instead of including them in your connection URI.
Configuring the connection this way makes it easier to
change settings at runtime and helps you catch errors during compilation.
The following example shows how to use the MongoClient constructor to set
connection options. Select the Synchronous or Asynchronous tab to
see the corresponding code:
uri = "mongodb://<hostname>:<port>" client = pymongo.MongoClient(uri, connectTimeoutMS=60000, tls=True)
uri = "mongodb://<hostname>:<port>" client = pymongo.AsyncMongoClient(uri, connectTimeoutMS=60000, tls=True)
Connection Options
To learn about the connection options available in PyMongo, see the following sections:
Tip
Authentication and Encryption
To learn how to enable TLS encryption and authentication in PyMongo, see Configure Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Authentication Mechanisms in the Security section.
API Documentation
To learn more about creating a MongoClient object in PyMongo,
see the following API documentation: