MongoDB

Driver Options

  • MongoDB - Please refer to MongoDB’s website for instructions on how to download and setup their official driver: MongoDB ODBC driver page

  • Posit Professional Drivers - Workbench, RStudio Desktop Pro, Connect, or Shiny Server Pro users can download and use Posit Professional Drivers at no additional charge. These drivers include an ODBC connector for Apache Impala. Posit delivers standards-based, supported, professional ODBC drivers. Use Posit Professional Drivers when you run R or Shiny with your production systems. See the Posit Professional Drivers for more information.

Package Options

The odbc package, in combination with a driver, provides DBI support and an ODBC connection.

Connection Settings

There are settings needed to make a connection:

  • Driver - See the Drivers section for setup information
  • Server - Server path or name
  • Port - Should be set to 27017
  • Database - Name of the database you wish to connect to
  • AuthMechanism - See this article from MongoDB for more information: Authentication Mechanisms
  • UID - The user’s network ID or server local account
  • PWD - The account’s password
con <- DBI::dbConnect(
      odbc::odbc(),
      Driver        = "[your driver's name]",
      Server        = "[your server's path or name]",
      Port          = 27017,
      Database      = "[your database's name]",
      AuthMechanism = "SCRAM-SHA-1", # <- Example, depends server's auth setup
      UID           = rstudioapi::askForPassword("Database user"),
      PWD           = rstudioapi::askForPassword("Database password")
      )
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