Connection Settings

Appsmith needs the following parameters for connecting to a Mongo database:

Connection

You need to fill in the following parameters:

• Connection Mode*: You must choose one of the following two modes:

  • Read Only: Choosing this mode gives Appsmith read-only permission on the database. This allows you to only fetch data from the database.

  • Read / Write: Choosing this mode gives Appsmith both read and write permissions on the database. This allows you to execute all CRUD queries.

• Connection Type*: You must choose one of the following connection types:

  • Direct Connection: Choose this connection type to connect directly to a mongo instance

  • Replicate Set: Choose this connection type to connect to a set of mongo instances.

• Host Address / Port*: Fill in the database host’s address and port. If you don’t specify a port, Appsmith

  will try to connect to port 27017. You can specify multiple host addresses for a replicate set. In case you have

  an SRV URL please follow these steps to connect to your mongodb instance.

• Default Database Name*: Fill in the name of the database that you want to connect to. This is your database’s name in your mongo server.

Connect using SRV URL

• Set Connection Type field to Replica set.

• An SRV URL is of

  the format `mongodb+srv://:<your_password>@/?

  authSource=…` . Please extract and copy the fields as below:

  • <connection_url> to the Host Address field

  • <defaultDbName> to the Default Database Name field

  • <your_username> to the Username field

  • <your_password> to the Password field

  • <authDbName> to the Database Name field under the Authentication sub-section.

Authentication

You need to fill in the following parameters:

• Database Name: Fill in the name of the database against which you want to authenticate. This is typically admin for most MongoDB instances.

• Authentication Type*: Choose the authentication mechanism with which to connect to your database. This can be one of SCRAM-SHA-1, SCRAM-SHA-256, MONGO-CR.

• Username: Fill username required for authenticating connection requests to your database. Set this to empty if you won't want to specify a username to authenticate with.

• Password: Fill password required for authenticating connection requests for the given username to the database. Set this to empty if you want to login without a password (please ensure your database accepts such connections).

SSL

The SSL Mode can be set to one of the following values:

• Default: Depends on Connection Type. If using Replica set, this is Enabled. If using Direct connection, this is Disabled.

• Enabled: Reject connection, if SSL is not available.

• Disabled: Connect without SSL, use a plain unencrypted connection.

More information available at MongoDB documentation.

Querying Mongo (Form Input)

For an easy to use interface to query your mongo database, choose Form input.

As part of Form Input, Appsmith supports queries like Find one or more documents, Insert a document, Update one, Count etc.

All mongo queries return an array of objects where each object is a mongo document and properties of the object are the keys of the document.

1. Find Document(s)

This command selects documents in a collection or view. Following fields are supported in Appsmith for this command :

Collection Name : The name of the collection or view to query. The input is expected in a string format like the following :

restaurants

Query : The query predicate. If unspecified, then all documents in the collection will match the predicate. The input is expected in JSON/BSON format like the following :

{
     rating: { $gte: 9 }, 
     cuisine: "italian" 
}

Sort : (Optional) The sort specification for the ordering of the results. The input is expected in JSON/BSON format like the following :

{ name: 1 }

Projection : (Optional) The projection specification to determine which fields to include in the returned documents. The input is expected in JSON/BSON format like the following :

{ name: 1, rating: 1, address: 1 }

Limit : (Optional) The maximum number of documents to return. If unspecified, then defaults to 10 documents. The input is expected in number format :

10

Skip : (Optional) Number of documents to skip. Defaults to 0. The input is expected in number format :

0

2. Insert Document(s)

This command inserts one or more documents and returns a document containing the status of all inserts. Following fields are supported in Appsmith for this command :

Collection Name : The name of the target collection. The input is expected in a string format like the following :

users

Documents : An array of one or more documents to insert into the named collection. The input is expected in a JSON/BSON Array format like the following :

[ { _id: 1, user: "abc123", status: "A" } ]

3. Update Document(s)

This command modifies multiple documents in a collection. Following fields are supported in Appsmith for this command :

Collection Name : The collection against which to run the command. The input is expected in a string format like the following :

people

Query : The query that matches documents to update. The input is expected in JSON/BSON format like the following :

{ name: "Andy" }

Update : The modifications to apply. The input is expected in JSON/BSON format like the following :

{ $inc: { score: 1 } }

Limit : The dropdown is used to configure if this delete command should act upon a single document or if this command should delete all the matching documents according to the query.

4. Delete Document(s)

This command removes documents from a collection. Following fields are supported in Appsmith for this command :

Collection Name : The target collection against which to run the command. The input is expected in a string format like the following :

orders

Query : The query that matches document(s) to delete. The input is expected in JSON/BSON format like the following :

{ status: "D" }

Limit : The dropdown is used to configure if this delete command should act upon a single document or if this command should delete all the matching documents according to the query.

5. Count

This command counts the number of documents in a collection or a view. Returns a document that contains this count. Following fields are supported in Appsmith for this command :

Collection Name : The name of the collection or view to count. The input is expected in a string format like the following :

orders

Query : A query that selects which documents to count in the collection or view. The input is expected in JSON/BSON format like the following :

{ ord_dt: { $gt: new Date('01/01/2021') }

6. Distinct

This command finds the distinct values for a specified field across a single collection. Following fields are supported in Appsmith for this command :

Collection Name : The name of the collection to query for distinct values. The input is expected in a string format like the following :

inventory

Query : A query that specifies the documents from which to retrieve the distinct values. The input is expected in JSON/BSON format like the following :

{ dept: "A"} }

Key/Field : The field for which to return distinct values. The input is expected in a string format like the following :

item.sku

7. Aggregate

This command performs aggregation operation using the aggregation pipeline. The pipeline allows users to process data from a collection or other source with a sequence of stage-based manipulations. Following fields are supported in Appsmith for this command :

Collection Name : The name of the collection or view that acts as the input for the aggregation pipeline. The input is expected in a string format like the following :

articles

Array of Pipelines : An array of aggregation pipeline stages that process and transform the document stream as part of the aggregation pipeline. The input is expected in JSON/BSON array format like the following :

[
      { $project: { tags: 1 } },
      { $unwind: "$tags" },
      { $group: { _id: "$tags", count: { $sum : 1 } } }
]

The above example performs an aggregate operation on the articles collection to calculate the count of each distinct element in the tags array that appears in the collection.

Querying Mongo (Advanced)

For unlocking the power of mongo commands, query your mongo database using the RAW command. For the same, choose Raw Input

All mongo queries return an array of objects where each object is a mongo document and properties of the object are the keys of the document.

Appsmith provides template queries to help with the syntax

• ​Insert Query​

• ​Find Query​

• ​Update Query​

• ​Delete Query​

Using Queries in applications

Once you have successfully run a Query, you can use it in your application to

• ​Display Data​

• ​Capture Data​