Add a MongoDB Driver

Overview

In this guide, you will learn how to add a MongoDB driver to your project.

Time required: 5 minutes

What You'll Need

An environment configured for your programming language.

Procedure

Tip

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Add the MongoDB .NET/C# driver using NuGet. Use MongoDB.Driver for all new projects.

.NET CLI
```
dotnet add package MongoDB.Driver --version 2.17.0
```
Package Manager
```
PM > Install-Package MongoDB.Driver -Version 2.17.0
```
Package Reference
```
<PackageReference Include=MongoDB.Driver" Version="2.17.0" />
```

Add the MongoDB Go driver using go mod.

mkdir guides
cd guides
go mod init guides
go get go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo

Add the MongoDB Java driver to your project in one of the following ways:

If you are using Maven, add the following to your pom.xml dependencies list:
```
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
        <artifactId>mongodb-driver-sync</artifactId>
        <version>4.7.0</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>
```
If you are using Gradle, add the following to your build.gradle dependencies list:
```
dependencies {
  implementation 'org.mongodb:mongodb-driver-sync:4.7.0'
}
```

Once you configure your dependencies, ensure they are available to your project which may require running your dependency manager and refreshing the project in your IDE.

Add the MongoDB Node.js driver to your project using npm.

npm install mongodb

Add the MongoDB Python driver, Pymongo, using pip.

python3 -m pip install 'pymongo[srv]'

Summary

If you successfully completed the procedure in this guide, you have added a MongoDB driver to your project.

In the next guide, you'll learn how to retrieve data from MongoDB.

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