Connecting to MongoDB from Go lang

Connecting to MongoDB from Go lang

MongoDB provides Go lang drivers for connection to its document-oriented database.

Create Folder for Application

here we are creating a folder(directory) for Go lang application, with folder name as mongodbconnection

mkdir mongodbconnection
cd mongodbconnection

init go mod

initialize go module, by issuing the below command

go mod init github.com/freedomtutorials/mongodbconnection

on successful initialization, we will see below message

go: creating new go.mod: module github.com/freedomtutorials/mongodbconnection

Add MongoDB drivers to Go lang application, by issuing below command

go get go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver

on successful, the below output will be printed on console

go: added go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver v1.9.0

by this we have successfully installed mongo-driver in package module (go.mod), create a main file, place the below code in it.

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"

    // include mongodb drivers in application code
    "go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo"
    "go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/mongo/options"
)

func main() {
	
    // set the mongodb uri, (the server ip : followed by port)
    clientOptions := options.Client().ApplyURI("mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017")
	
    //connect to mongodb server
    client, err := mongo.Connect(context.TODO(), clientOptions)

    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    err = client.Ping(context.TODO(), nil)

    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }

    fmt.Println("Application Connected to MongoDB!")
}

compile the code, by issuing the below command.

go build mongodbconnection.go

run the application, by issuing below command.

$ ./mongodbconnection
Application Connected to MongoDB!

Successfully Connected to MongoDB from Golang application.