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?

teleprint-me · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-07 02:09:44Z

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PyMongo 2.4 up to at least 3.11.4

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

PyMongo 2.3 and earlier

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

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zydcom · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-18 06:41:33Z

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

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

answered Feb 18, 2016 at 6:41

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