WARNING : This connector is deprecated, please use an API Client.

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System Overview

mongo-connector creates a pipeline from a MongoDB cluster to one or more target systems, such as Solr, Elasticsearch, or another MongoDB cluster. By tailing the MongoDB oplog, it replicates operations from MongoDB to these systems in real-time. It has been tested with Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, and 3.4. Detailed documentation is available on the wiki.

Getting Started

Installation

You can install the development version of mongo-connector manually:

git clone https://github.com/algolia/mongo-connector.git
cd mongo-connector
python setup.py install

You may have to run python setup.py install with sudo, depending on where you're installing mongo-connector and what privileges you have.

Using mongo-connector

mongo-connector replicates operations from the MongoDB oplog, so a replica set must be running before startup. For development purposes, you may find it convenient to run a one-node replica set (note that this is not recommended for production):

mongod --replSet myDevReplSet

To initialize your server as a replica set, run the following command in the mongo shell:

rs.initiate()

Once the replica set is running, you may start mongo-connector. The simplest invocation resembles the following:

mongo-connector -m <mongodb server hostname>:<replica set port> \
                -t <replication endpoint URL, e.g. http://localhost:8983/solr> \
                -d <name of doc manager, e.g., solr_doc_manager>

mongo-connector has many other options besides those demonstrated above. To get a full listing with descriptions, try mongo-connector --help. You can also use mongo-connector with a configuration file.

Usage With Algolia

The simplest way to synchronize a collection myData from db myDb to index MyIndex is:

mongo-connector -m localhost:27017 -n myDb.myCollection -d algolia_doc_manager -t MyApplicationID:MyApiKey:MyIndex

Note: If you synchronize multiple collections with multiple indexes, do not forget to specify a specific connector configuration file for each index using the -o config.txt option (a config.txt file is created by default).

Attributes remapping

If you want to map an attribute to a specific index field, you can configure it creating a algolia_remap_<INDEXNAME>.json JSON configuration file at the root of the mongo-connector folder:

{
  "user.email": "email"
}

Alternatively, you can use python-style subscript notation:

{
  "['user']['email']": "['email']"
}

Note:

• The remapping operation will run first.

Example

Consider the following object:

{
  "user": { "email": "[email protected]" }
}

The connector will send:

{
  "email": "[email protected]"
}

Attributes filtering

You can filter the attributes sent to Algolia creating a algolia_fields_INDEXNAME.json JSON configuration file:

{
  "<ATTRIBUTE1_NAME>":"_$ < 0",
  "<ATTRIBUTE2_NAME>": ""
}

Considering the following object:

{
  "<ATTRIBUTE1_NAME>" : 1,
  "<ATTRIBUTE2_NAME>" : 2
}

The connector will send:

{
  "<ATTRIBUTE2_NAME>" : 2,
}

Note:

• _$ represents the value of the field.
• An empty value for the check of a field is True.
• You can put any line of python in the value of a field.
• The filtering operation will run between remapping and post-processing.

Filter an array attribute sent to Algolia

To select all elements from attribute <ARRARRAY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME> matching a specific condition:

{
  "<ARRAY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME>": "re.match(r'algolia', _$, re.I)"
}

Considering the following object:

{
  "<ARRAY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME>" : ["algolia", "AlGoLiA", "alogia"]
}

The connector will send:

{
  "<ARRAY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME>": ["algolia", "AlGoLia"]
}

Filter an object attribute in an array sent to Algolia

To select all elements from attribute status matching a specific condition:

{
  "status": { "action": "", "outdated" : "_$ == false" }
}

Considering the following object:

{
  "status" : [
    {"action": "send", "outdated": "true"},
    {"action": "in transit", "outdated": true},
    {"action": "receive", "outdated": false}
  ]
}

The connector will send:

{
  "status": [{"action": "receive", "outdated": false}]
}

Advanced nested objects filtering

If you want to send a <ATTRIBUTE_NAME> attribute matching advanced filtering conditions, you can use:

{
  "<ATTRIBUTE_NAME>": { "_all_" : "or", "neg": "_$ < 0", "pos": "_$ > 0"}
}

Considering the following object:

{
  "<ATTRIBUTE_NAME>": { "neg": 42, "pos": 42}
}

The connector will send:

{
  "<ATTRIBUTE_NAME>": { "pos": 42}
}

Post processing

You can modify the attributes sent to Algolia creating a algolia_postproc_INDEXNAME.py Python script file:

if (_$.get("<ATTRIBUTE_NAME>") == 0):
    _$["<ATTRIBUTE_NAME>"] = false
else:
    _$["<ATTRIBUTE_NAME>"] = true

Note:

• _$ represents the record.
• The post-processing operation will run last.

Considering the following object:

{
    "<ATTRIBUTE_NAME>": 0
}

The connector will send:

{
    "<ATTRIBUTE_NAME>": false
}

Usage With Solr

There is an example Solr schema called schema.xml, which provides several field definitions on which mongo-connector relies, including:

• _id, the default unique key for documents in MongoDB (this may be changed with the --unique-key option)
• ns, the namespace from which the document came
• _ts, the timestamp from the oplog entry that last modified the document

The sample XML schema is designed to work with the tests. For a more complete guide to adding fields, review the Solr documentation.

You may also want to jump to the mongo-connector Solr wiki for more detailed information on using mongo-connector with Solr.

Troubleshooting

Installation

Some users have experienced trouble installing mongo-connector, noting error messages like the following:

Processing elasticsearch-0.4.4.tar.gz
Running elasticsearch-0.4.4/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-gg9U5p/elasticsearch-0.4.4/egg-dist-tmp-vajGnd
error: /tmp/easy_install-gg9U5p/elasticsearch-0.4.4/README.rst: No such file or directory

The workaround for this is making sure you have a recent version of setuptools installed. Any version after 0.6.26 should do the trick:

pip install --upgrade setuptools

Running mongo-connector after a long time

If you want to jump-start into using mongo-connector with a another particular system, check out:

• Usage with Solr
• Usage with Elasticsearch
• Usage with MongoDB

Troubleshooting/Questions

Having trouble with installation? Have a question about Mongo Connector? Your question or problem may be answered in the FAQ or in the wiki. If you can't find the answer to your question or problem there, feel free to open an issue on Mongo Connector's Github page.