Connection by MongoDB URI

[jvc26]

I think it would be cleaner to enable configuration using a MongoDB URI, which can be parsed to fill in the required environment variables.

For example, storing a simple 1-variable URI in the environment

MONGODB_URI = 'mongodb://test:test@test.com/testdb'

Which is then parsed and used for the connection, if present.

Is there a design choice to not enable this feature, or is it something you'd consider a patch for?

[JSteunou]

It works with 'HOST' but as weird as it can be, it need 'DB' (not empty string) being set even if it does not use it.

[lafrech]

From what I understand of _create_connection, I think this is obsolete:

    # Handle uri style connections
    elif "://" in conn.get('host', ''):
        uri_dict = uri_parser.parse_uri(conn['host'])
        conn['db'] = uri_dict['database']

    return mongoengine.connect(conn.pop('db', 'test'), **conn)

Should this issue be closed?

[losintikfos]

This has been resolved.