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Who is using MongoDB ?

MongoLab

What is MongoLab ?

• A cloud platform
• Database-as-a-Service
• Free or professional account
• Provides a REST API
• Ability to make backups

REST API

4 HTTP methods for interacting with the data

• GET (Select)
• POST (Insert)
• PUT (Update)
• DELETE (Delete)

REST API - Query

URL construction details :

• https://api.mongolab.com/api/1
• /databases/name-of-my-db
• /collections/name-of-my-collection
• ?apiKey=myAPIKey

REST API - Parameters

Optional parameters (JSON query)

• Fields to include or exclude : f={"firstName": 1}
• Sort : s={"priority": 1, "time":-1}
• Where clause : q={"active": true}
• Limit the number of results : l=1000