Practical Data Analysis Cookbook

Storing and retrieving from MongoDB

MongoDB has become one of the most popular, so-called, NoSQL databases that are there. It is highly scalable, has a very flexible data model and highly expressive query language. MongoDB is highly popular for storing unstructured data, especially for web-based apps: MEAN.js combines MongoDB, Express.js, Angular.js, and Node.js in one fullstack framework.

Getting ready

You need to have pandas and PyMongo modules installed. If you do not have PyMongo, you can either use conda to install the missing package or go to http://api.mongodb.org/python/current/installation.html#installing-from-source and follow the steps listed there.

Also, you need the MongoDB database up and running on your computer. You can download MongoDB ...