MongoDB Scala Driver

Introduction

Welcome to the documentation site for the official MongoDB Scala driver. You can add the driver to your application to work asynchronously with MongoDB in Scala. Download it using sbt or Apache Maven, or set up a runnable project by following our tutorials.

• Reference Documentation

• Tutorials

• API Documentation

• What's New

• Source Code

Installation

The recommended way to get started using the driver in your project is with a dependency management system like sbt or maven. See the Installation Guide for more information.

Connect to MongoDB Atlas

You can use the following connection snippet to test your connection to your MongoDB deployment on Atlas:

import com.mongodb.{ServerApi, ServerApiVersion}
import org.mongodb.scala.{ConnectionString, MongoClient, MongoClientSettings}
import org.mongodb.scala.bson.Document
import scala.concurrent.Await
import scala.concurrent.duration.DurationInt
import scala.util.Using
object MongoClientConnectionExample {
  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
    // Replace the placeholder with your Atlas connection string
    val connectionString = "<connection string>";
    // Construct a ServerApi instance using the ServerApi.builder() method
    val serverApi = ServerApi.builder.version(ServerApiVersion.V1).build()
    val settings = MongoClientSettings
      .builder()
      .applyConnectionString(ConnectionString(connectionString))
      .serverApi(serverApi)
      .build()
    
    // Create a new client and connect to the server
    Using(MongoClient(settings)) { mongoClient =>
      // Send a ping to confirm a successful connection
      val database = mongoClient.getDatabase("admin")
      val ping = database.runCommand(Document("ping" -> 1)).head()
      Await.result(ping, 10.seconds)
      System.out.println("Pinged your deployment. You successfully connected to MongoDB!")
    }
  }
}

This connection snippet uses the Stable API feature, which you can enable when using the Scala driver v4.3 and later to connect to MongoDB Server v5.0 and later. When you use this feature, you can update your driver or server without worrying about backward compatibility issues with any commands covered by the Stable API.

To learn more about the Stable API feature, see Stable API in the Server manual.

Connect to MongoDB Atlas Without the Stable API

If you are using a version of MongoDB or the driver that doesn't support the Stable API feature, you can use the following code snippet to test your connection to your MongoDB deployment on Atlas:

import org.mongodb.scala.MongoClient
import org.mongodb.scala.bson.Document
import scala.concurrent.Await
import scala.concurrent.duration.DurationInt
import scala.util.Using
object MongoClientConnectionExample {
  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
    // Replace the placeholder with your Atlas connection string
    val connectionString = "<connection string>";
    // Create a new client and connect to the server
    Using(MongoClient(connectionString)) { mongoClient =>
      // Send a ping to confirm a successful connection
      val database = mongoClient.getDatabase("admin")
      val ping = database.runCommand(Document("ping" -> 1)).head()
      Await.result(ping, 10.seconds)
      System.out.println("Pinged your deployment. You successfully connected to MongoDB!")
    }
  }
}

Connect to a MongoDB Server on Your Local Machine

If you need to run a MongoDB server on your local machine for development purposes instead of using an Atlas cluster, you need to complete the following:

1. Download the Community or Enterprise version of MongoDB Server.

2. Install and configure MongoDB Server.

3. Start the server.

After you successfully start your MongoDB server, specify your connection string in your driver connection code.

If your MongoDB Server is running locally, you can use the connection string "mongodb://localhost:<port>" where <port> is the port number you configured your server to listen for incoming connections.

If you need to specify a different hostname or IP address, see our Server Manual entry on Connection Strings.

To test whether you can connect to your server, replace the connection string in the Connect to MongoDB Atlas code example and run it.

Compatibility