MongoDB Atlas Administration API — Service Account Authentication Demo

This repository demonstrates how to call the MongoDB Atlas Administration API using Service Account authentication. You can read the accompanying article on MongoDB blog for more information.

Setup

To connect to the Atlas Administration API, you need to generate an Service Account. Make sure you add your IP address in the API access list!

Then, export the following environment variables, where MONGODB_ATLAS_CLIENT_ID is your public key and MONGODB_ATLAS_CLIENT_SECRET is your private key.

export MONGODB_ATLAS_CLIENT_ID=<client_id>
export MONGODB_ATLAS_CLIENT_SECRET<client_secret>

Usage

The repository includes request examples for Python, Node.js and Ruby.

Python Example

To run the Python example, execute:

cd python
pip install -r requirements.txt
python ./python-example.py

Node.js Example

To run the Node.js example, execute:

cd node
npm install
node ./node-example.js

Atlas SDK Golang Example

To run the Golang SDK example, execute:

cd golang
export MONGODB_ATLAS_ORG_ID=<id of your atlas organiation> # For example 6707a96bc2b066602a4dfdcc
go run ./sdk-example.go

Disclaimer

Examples are not a supported MongoDB product and serve informational purpose only. External libraries used in the examples are not officially maintained by MongoDB. Do not use in production.