connect mongodb with djongo (Django) - django

Question

i try connect to mongodb with djongo
after reading githup page of djongo and this
find same question here but no answer as well
change setting.py like this
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'djongo',
'NAME': 'namename',
}
}
after run python manage.py makemigrate i get this error:
djongo' isn't an available database backend try using "django.db.backend.XXX" where XXX is one of : "mysql" , "oracle" , "postgresql" , "sqlite3"
mongodb version = 3.4
python version = 3.6.3
djogo == 1.2.38

Answer 1

You should downgrade Django version to 2.2.8 and reinstall the project.

Answer 2

You can use mongoengine to connect django with mongodb and add above line in your settings.py file.
import mongoengine
import pymongo
HOST = 'localhost:27017'
mongoengine.connect(
db='dbname',
host=HOST,
read_preference=pymongo.ReadPreference.PRIMARY_PREFERRED
)

Answer 3

2022: It seems djongo doesn't work with the latest versions (4.X) of django and pymongo, because I solved the issue with:
django==3.2.14
pymongo[srv]==3.12.3

Answer 4

python version also matters: for me python 3.8.14 works. Tested with the following dependencies.
Python==3.8.14
Django==3.2.15
djongo==1.3.6
Mongo==3.6
pymongo==3.12.3
I think latest version of djongo with Django 3.x.x works perfect but pymongo, Mongo, and Python must be kept same.

Answer 5

First install djongo
pip install djongo
then next makemigration and migrate

Answer 6

i install djongo it works for me with latest version of django
my django version is 3.2.7
mython version is 3.8
pip install djongo will install the latest version,
in my case the command installed of djongo 1.3.6 by default
and change the DB in settings.py
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'djongo',
'NAME': 'db_name',
}
}