MongoDB and Python

Django and MongoDB

Django is proabably the most widely-used Python web framework. It has an excellent community and many plugins and extension modules. The Django philosophy is the opposite of Pylons or Pyramid; it offers one well-integrated package including its own database and ORM layer, templating system, URL mapper, admin interface and so on.

There are a number of options for running Django with MongoDB. Since the Django ORM is such an integral part of Django, there is a project known as Django MongoDB Engine which attempts to provide a MongoDB backend for the Django ORM. However, this approach heavily abstracts the underlying query language and data model, along with many of the low-level details discussed in the course of the book. If you are already familiar with the Django ORM, enjoy using it, and are willing to use a fork of Django, Django MongoDB Engine is worth a look. You can find more information at the website http://django-mongodb.org/.

Our recommended approach for now is to use the PyMongo driver directly with Django. Be aware, however, that with this method, the Django components which depend on the Django ORM (admin interface, session store etc) will not work with MongoDB. There is another project called Mango which attempts to provide MongoDB-backed session and authentication support for Django. You can find Mango at https://github.com/vpulim/mango.

10gen have made a sample Django app with PyMongo integration available. This sample app can be found at https://github.com/mdirolf/DjanMon ...