django-mongoblog

Install

Make sure that you have the django-mongoblog/mongoblog directory on your PYTHONPATH. Then add the application to your INSTALLED_APPS:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'mongoblog',
)

and to your urls.py:

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    ...
    url(r'^blog/', include('mongoblog.urls')),
    ...
)

The connection is currently made in mongoblog.views to support testing for mongodb using the testrunner shipped with this app. To use the testrunner, install the django-mongorunner, change your settings.py and add:

TEST_RUNNER = 'mongorunner.TestRunner'

Settings

The following settings are available for the database connection.

MONGOBLOG_DATABASE_NAME
MONGOBLOG_DATABASE_USERNAME
MONGOBLOG_DATABASE_PASSWORD
MONGOBLOG_DATABASE_HOST
MONGOBLOG_DATABASE_PORT

Dependencies

• Django-1.2-beta-1 (should work with earlier versions without the use of the testrunner)
• mongoengine
• PyMongo

Example

Check mongoblog/views.py and the templates for example usage. To add posts to your mongo-database, simple run the Django interactive shell:

python manage.py shell

and use the following to add a test Entry.

from mongoblog.models import Entry
# status is needed to make the post show up on the blog, otherwise it will default to a draft which will not be visible
Entry(title='Hello world!', body='This is a test entry!', status=Entry.STATUS_PUBLIC).save()

Other info

The connection could be moved from the view to settings.py. The reason it's located in views.py is to make the test-suite work with the testrunner that is creating a temporary database. Putting the connection in settings.py will override the testrunners attempt to create and use the test-database. If you don't need to run any tests, feel free to move it if you feel like it.