Simple Python Flask Program with MongoDB

Instructions

Download python from https://www.python.org/downloads/

Download MongoDB from https://www.mongodb.com/download-center#community

Install Flask, bson & pymongo

pip install Flask

pip install bson

pip install pymongo

Before running the mongodb instance, we must create a data folder and run below command in command prompt.

"C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\bin\mongod.exe" --dbpath="C:\mongo-data"

Here C:\mongo-data folder is used for saving mongodb files.

By default, it is listening the port 27017.

Download/Clone source code from Github

Run app.py in Command prompt.

python app.py

Our local web server is running in the port 5000 by default.

Happy coding with Flask and MongoDB!!!