How to pass MongoDB collection name as a parameter to a DB connection function-Python

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I need to write a DB connection function as ,

def func(col_name):
    conn = pymongo.MongoClient("localhost" , 27017)
    db   = conn.dbname.col_name
    return db

collection name should be passed as a parameter to the function. Above function is not working. it is working if I hard-coded the collection name in the code. Please help.

falsetru · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-24 11:02:15Z

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You can use getattr to get attribute of an object by attribute name:

getattr(conn.dbname, col_name)

answered Jan 24, 2015 at 11:02

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Bernie Hackett · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-24 17:27:45Z

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def func(col_name):
    conn = pymongo.MongoClient("localhost" , 27017)
    return conn.dbname[col_name]

You can do the same from the client if you want to pass in the database name:

def func(db_name, col_name):
    conn = pymongo.MongoClient("localhost" , 27017)
    return conn[db_name][col_name]

answered Jan 24, 2015 at 17:27

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