pyMongoBasics.py

from pymongo import MongoClient

cur=MongoClient(MONGO_HOST,MONGO_PORT)

# create db, if db dosen't exsists
db=cur[DB_NAME]

# create collection, if db dosen't exsists
col=db[COLLECTION_NAME]

# create documents, 
# collection and db only created when we insert at least one doc
col.insert_one({name:"shash"})
col.insert_mane(list_of_json_objects)

#list names
cur.list_database_names()
db.list_collections_names()

# finding from collections
# returns all documents with name attribute equals to "shash"
col.find({name:"shash"})
col.find_one({name:"shash"})

# deleting documents, might use regex for many
myquery = { "address": "Mountain 21" }
col.delete_one(myquery)
col.delete_many(myquery)

# deleting db and collections
cur.drop_database()
db.drop_collection() 
db.drop()# alias for drop_collections