Specialized Data Formats

Overview

You can use several types of specialized data formats in your PyMongo application. To learn how to work with these data formats, see the following sections:

• Learn how to work with BSON documents in the BSON guide.

• Learn how to translate BSON to Extended JSON in the Extended JSON guide.

• Learn how to encode and decode custom types in the Custom Types guide.

• Learn how to work with Python datetime objects in PyMongo in the Dates and Times guide.

• Learn about UUIDs and how to maintain cross-language compatibility while working with them in the Universally Unique IDs (UUIDs) guide.