This web application serves as a simple interface to interact with a MongoDB database. It employs Flask for web routing and MongoDB for data storage and retrieval.
Managing a large data efficiently through a user-friendly interface is highly desirable which this application attempts to deliver by interacting with a MongoDB database. Whether you need to fetch a specific movie record or retrieve the entire collection, this Flask-MongoDB app has got you covered.
- Secure Authentication:
- Utilizes getpass to securely take the MongoDB password as user input without displaying characters in the console.
- MongoDB Connection:
- Establishes a connection to MongoDB Atlas using the official pymongo driver.
- Configures the Flask app to use MongoDB with Flask-PyMongo.
- Endpoints:
/: Displays a welcoming homepage message for the Flask-Mongo app./get_movie/<string:record_id>: Retrieves a movie record by its unique ID and returns it in a well-formatted JSON response./get_all_movies: Retrieves all movie records from the MongoDB collection and presents them in a readable JSON format.
- Clone the repository.
- Install the required dependencies using pip install -r requirements.txt.
- Run the application with python app.py.