MongoDB connection with Django i am getting below error after configuration

Question

raise ImproperlyConfigured( django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: 'django' isn't an available database backend or couldn't be imported. Check the above exception. To use one of the built-in backends, use 'django.db.backends.XXX', where XXX is one of: 'mysql', 'oracle', 'postgresql', 'sqlite3'

Answer 1

The best way to use MongoDB with Django is by using DJONGO package. It is a kind of django package developed only for the purpose to make Django compatible with MongoDB.

1. How to install djongo

pip install djongo

Also, Addi it requirement.txt to capture requirements for next time.

2. Update database settings as

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'djongo',
        'NAME': 'your-db-name',
        'CLIENT': {
           'host': 'your-db-host',
        }
    }
}

3. Run migrations

python manage.py makemigrations <app_name>

and then run migrate changes to DB

python manage.py migrate

djongo is compatible with Python >=3.6 and MongoDB>=3.4.

Answer 2

After followed above steps i install python -m pip install pymongo[srv] it works i can run django project.

After applying default migrations i was getting errors in console so i followed below step.

Why I am getting "Not Implemented Error: Database objects do not implement truth value testing or bool()." while running makemigration cmd in django

Now i am not getting any kind of error and i am able to run django project with MongoDB successfully.