MongoLink`

MongoConnect

create a client object MongoClient using hostname "localhost" and port number 27017.

create a MongoClient using hostname host.

create a MongoClient using the components in the association assoc.

Details and Options

To use MongoConnect, you first need to load MongoLink using Needs["MongoLink`"].
The association assoc has the following components:

"Host"	"localhost"	connection hostname.
"Port"	27017	connection port.
"Username"	None	username to use for connection.
"Password"	None	password to use for connection.
"SSL"	Automatic	whether to enable SSL.
VerifySecurityCertificates	True	whether to verify the validity of SSL certificate files.
"AllowInvalidHostname"	False	whether to disable hostname validation.
"CAFile"	None	the path to a Certificate Authority file.
"CertificateRevocationList"	None	path to a PEM or DER formatted certificate revocation list.
"PEMFile"	None	path to a PEM file.
"PEMFilePassword"	None	password for PEM file.

"Password"->"$Prompt" opens a dialog box that will prompt the user for the password. This can help keep the password more secure.
To use MongoConnect to connect to MongoDB Atlas, follow the instructions here to obtain a URI connection string (eg "mongodb+srv://kay:myRealPassword@cluster0.mongodb.net/"). Using this URI and the default Certificate Authority file included in MongoLink $MongoDefaultCAFile, connect via MongoConnect[<|"Host"->"mongodb+srv://kay:myRealPassword@cluster0.mongodb.net/","CAFile" $MongoDefaultCAFile|>].

Connect to a MongoDB server running locally:

This is equivalent to:

Connect to a MongoDB server running locally via a MongoDB URI string:

Specifying the port:

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