How do I drop a MongoDB database using PyMongo?

Question

I want to drop a database in MongoDB similarly to

use <DBNAME> db.dropDatabase() 

in the Mongo shell.

How do I do that in PyMongo?

Answer 1

PyMongo 2.4 up to at least 3.11.4

from pymongo import MongoClient client = MongoClient('<HOST>', <PORT>) client.drop_database('<DBNAME>') 

• PyMongo Stable documentation

• PyMongo 3.2.1 documentation

PyMongo 2.3 and earlier

from pymongo import Connection connection = Connection('<HOST>', <PORT>) connection.drop_database('<DBNAME>') 

• PyMongo 2.3 documentation

• PyMongo 1.0 documentation

Answer 2

from pymongo import MongoClient client = MongoClient('<HOST>', <PORT>) client.db.command("dropDatabase") 

see copydb example: https://api.mongodb.org/python/current/examples/copydb.html

You can also use runCommand helper to run other commands, detail see https://docs.mongodb.org/v3.0/reference/command/