MongoEngine is a Document-Object Mapper (think ORM, but for document databases) for working with MongoDB from Python.
It uses a simple declarative API, similar to the Django ORM.
Documentation available at docs.mongoengine.org — there is currently a tutorial, a user guide and API reference.
To install MongoEngine, simply run:
Downloads are also available as .zip/.tar.gz archives for the stable and master versions.
To get to grips with MongoEngine, there is extensive documentation, API references and a tutorial. You can find help by joining the MongoEngine Users mailing list.
MongoEngine is hosted on GitHub. The source code, issue tracker and wiki are all available there.
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