django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: 'django_mongodb_engine' isn't an available database backend

Question

I'm unable to run django mongo engine properly.

My database entry in settings.py is

DATABASES = {
'default': {
    'ENGINE': 'django_mongodb_engine',
    'NAME': 'local',
}
}

and my pip freeze result is

Django==1.8.2
django-mongodb-engine==0.5.2
djangotoolbox==1.6.2
pymongo==3.0.2

error while running

python manage.py runserver

is

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: 'django_mongodb_engine' isn't an available database backend.
Try using 'django.db.backends.XXX', where XXX is one of:
u'base', u'mysql', u'oracle', u'postgresql_psycopg2', u'sqlite3'
Error was: cannot import name BaseDatabaseFeatures

Any suggestions how to solve this.

@ajaysingh, how to solve this problem? i am facing same issue — Jignasha Royala, Jan 30 '18 at 06:55
@jignasha `django-norel` is not supported in latest versions of django. This library is deprecated. — randomuser, Feb 05 '18 at 09:53
@ajaysingh,so What is alternative to use mongoDB with Django? how to solve this problem? — Jignasha Royala, Feb 05 '18 at 10:43

Mohammad reza Ayubi · Answer 1 · 2022-01-19T08:29:30.673

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If you are using djongo and face this error when you call make migrations do this:

Open terminal and install pytz (pip install pytz)

edited Jan 19 '22 at 08:29

answered Dec 28 '21 at 13:42

Mohammad reza Ayubi

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 29 '15 at 10:27

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You need django-nonrel installed as well, as per the documentation.

answered May 29 '15 at 10:27

SaeX

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trying this : pip install git+https://github.com/django-nonrel/django@nonrel-1.5 but nothing is happening after this. Any alternatives to install django-nonrel? – randomuser May 29 '15 at 12:26

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 08 '18 at 13:18

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But, the main drawback is django-nonrel works only if you use Python2.x, it cannot work with Python3.x

answered Jan 08 '18 at 13:18

BharathKumarMurugan

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This sounds more like a comment and not as an answer to this question. If I am wrong, please edit your answer to clearly demonstrate how this answers the question. Otherwise, please leave it as a comment once you earn enough reputation. – Yannis Jan 08 '18 at 13:41

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 14 '20 at 12:12

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Try uninstalling 'Pymongo' and install it as 'pip install pymongo' as compared to installing it via an ide

answered Apr 14 '20 at 12:12

Piyush Singh

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Hi, how did you fix the issue "React app with Django error 'string indices must be integers'"? You seem to have deleted the question on StackOverflow. – Octocat Apr 20 '20 at 14:42

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 02 '22 at 16:37

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Well, I got the same problem with my pipenv activated. Later, I figured out djongo was not installed in my pipenv. I just installed it. It's been working fine now.

pipenv install djongo

answered Jan 02 '22 at 16:37

satta sunder talukder

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 21 '18 at 22:30

I had this issue. If you plan to work with Django 1.7.x, 1.8.x, a lib that works just fine is:
django-mongoengine v0.2.1

In later versions (pip install django-mongoengine) it comes forced the install of Django 2.x (which you can still cancel by adding --no-deps) but still, less hassle if force the django-mongoengine package version by: `pip install git+https://github.com/MongoEngine/django-mongoengine@v0.2.1

The requirements.txt file remains something like this:

Django==1.7.11
-e git+https://github.com/MongoEngine/django-mongoengine@4ea7168faf9b6f67a5c9e8e82690b4310aca0ff0#egg=django_mongoengine-v0.2.1
djangotoolbox==1.8.0
mongoengine==0.13.0
pymongo==2.8
pyserial==3.1.1
requests==2.13.0
six==1.10.0
wheel==0.24.0

The good of of django-mongoengine is that mongoengine easily allows you to access pymongo methods:

class Post(Document):
    #fields    

collection = Post._get_collection()
collection.update({}, {"$set": {"newfield": 1}}, multi=True)

score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Dec 28 '21 at 20:53

This error occurs because the django utils.py file does not recognize that django is an available backend. To solve this error, please follow these steps:

Go to C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages and find the django folder.
Now cut and paste the django folder in the C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site -packages\django\db\backends directory.
Now you might be getting the error cannot import six from django.utils. For resolving that go to C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\django\operations.py file and replace the line from django.utils import six , datetime to from django.utils import datetime and beneath that just write import six.

Now in the settings.py file of your django project add the lines

DATABASES = {
   'default': {
    'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.djongo',
    'NAME': 'admin',
 }
}

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