From 3e8536c854bd47acc6e81ecefe9103c7d3209965 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Bevilacqua Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:46:31 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add PyMongo, connection string, & Atlas "deploy a free cluster" links to README --- README.md | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 601e4e2bd..788876ff5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ # Django MongoDB Backend +Django MongoDB Backend is a [Django]((https://docs.djangoproject.com/) +database backend that uses [PyMongo](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/) +to connect to MongoDB. + ## Documentation Documentation written in the style of MongoDB's documentation is available at @@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ django-admin --version ### Connect to the database Navigate to your `example/settings.py` file and replace the `DATABASES` -setting like so: +setting using your [connection string](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/connection-string/): ```python DATABASES = { @@ -51,6 +55,10 @@ DATABASES = { } ``` +> [!TIP] +> You can quickly and easily [deploy a free cluster](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/tutorial/deploy-free-tier-cluster/) +> with MongoDB Atlas. + ### Run the server To verify that you correctly configured your project, run the following command