The MongoDB website recommends that you just URL encode the password to deal with :, /, ?, #,, and characters. Unlike TablePlus, MongoDB Compass can’t handle special characters in your password. Just like with TablePlus, you need to install the app, select “New Connection”, and then supply the “connection string”. MongoDB Compass is a free GUI client that boasts that you can “interact with your data with full CRUD functionality”.

TablePlus definitely makes management of the database more painless but let’s try one more potential database client. If you fill in the new row with data and command+s it, it save your new record to the database.

If you want to add another row to your database, you can use the “+ Row” button towards the bottom of the interface. Well, TablePlus is compatible with MongoDB.Īll you need to do is to plug in the URL of the database (in my case save the connection, and connect. Once you are connected to the database, you can use MongoDB’s mongosh usage guide to interact with your database.Įverybody loves a good command-line interface, but let us say that you want something a little easier? I have mentioned TablePlus a few times before (mainly as an alternative to my beloved NaviCat). After that, you need to add your IP to the IP access list and then you can use mongosh to connect to the database. The next step is to brew install mongosh on your workstation. Thanks to MongoDB Atlas, setting that up is ridiculously straight-forward.Īll you need to do is visit the website, register, select the free plan, pick a cloud provider and region, and click “Create Cluster”.

The first step in this little adventure is going to be to set up a (free) shared instance. Back in 2014, I wrote a few posts about CouchDB and over the years, I have done a bit with Firebase. It has been a little while since I last played around with a NoSQL database on the blog.

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