# PyMongo Driver - (current)

> Explore the features and usage of the PyMongo Driver for Python, including installation, connection setup, data operations, and transitioning to PyMongo Async.

- [Transform Your Data with Aggregation](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/aggregation.md): Learn how to use PyMongo to perform aggregation operations, including examples of grouping and filtering data in collection, and explaining operations.
- [MongoDB Search](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/atlas-search.md)
- [Connect to MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/connect.md): Learn how to use PyMongo to connect to MongoDB by using connection strings, specifying options, and examples for local, Atlas, and replica set deployments.
- [Specify Connection Options](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/connect/connection-options.md): Learn how to configure MongoDB connection options in PyMongo by using connection URIs or the MongoClient, including compression, timeouts, and authentication.
- [Connection Pools](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/connect/connection-options/connection-pools.md)
- [Limit Server Execution Time](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/connect/connection-options/csot.md)
- [Compress Network Traffic](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/connect/connection-options/network-compression.md)
- [Customize Server Selection](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/connect/connection-options/server-selection.md)
- [Stable API](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/connect/connection-options/stable-api.md)
- [Choose a Connection Target](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/connect/connection-targets.md): Learn how to connect to different MongoDB deployments using PyMongo, including Atlas, local deployments, and replica sets, with connection string examples.
- [Create a MongoClient](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/connect/mongoclient.md): Learn how to create a `MongoClient` in PyMongo to connect to a MongoDB deployment using a connection URI and customize connection behavior.
- [CRUD Operations](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud.md): Learn how to perform CRUD operations in PyMongo to insert, query, update, replace, and delete MongoDB documents with code examples and best practices.
- [Bulk Write Operations](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/bulk-write.md)
- [Configure CRUD Operations](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/configure.md): Configure PyMongo CRUD operations with read and write concerns, read preferences, retryable reads and writes, collation, and codec options in Python code.
- [Delete Documents](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/delete.md)
- [Geospatial Queries](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/geo.md)
- [Store Large Files](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/gridfs.md)
- [Insert Documents](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/insert.md)
- [Query](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/query.md): Learn how to query and retrieve MongoDB documents by using PyMongo with find, count, distinct methods, and code examples for filtering and projecting data.
- [Count Documents](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/query/count.md)
- [Access Data From a Cursor](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/query/cursors.md)
- [Retrieve Distinct Field Values](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/query/distinct.md)
- [Find Documents](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/query/find.md)
- [Specify Fields To Return](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/query/project.md)
- [Specify Documents to Return](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/query/specify-documents-to-return.md)
- [Specify a Query](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/query/specify-query.md)
- [Replace Documents](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/replace.md)
- [Transactions](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/transactions.md)
- [Update Documents](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/crud/update.md)
- [Specialized Data Formats](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/data-formats.md): Explore how to use specialized data formats in PyMongo, including BSON, Extended JSON, custom types, datetime objects, and UUIDs.
- [BSON](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/data-formats/bson.md)
- [Serialization](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/data-formats/custom-types/serialization.md)
- [Encode Data with Type Codecs](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/data-formats/custom-types/type-codecs.md)
- [Dates and Times](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/data-formats/dates-and-times.md): Learn how to handle Python `datetime` objects in PyMongo, including storing, retrieving, and managing time zones and out-of-range dates.
- [Extended JSON](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/data-formats/extended-json.md)
- [Time Series Data](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/data-formats/time-series.md)
- [Universally Unique IDs (UUIDs)](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/data-formats/uuid.md): Learn how to use PyMongo's UuidRepresentation option to handle UUIDs for cross-language compatibility in MongoDB applications.
- [Databases and Collections](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/databases-collections.md): Learn how to manage databases and collections, including accessing, creating, and deleting collections, and how to configure read and write operations.
- [Get Started with PyMongo](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/get-started.md): Learn how to create an app to connect to MongoDB deployment by using the PyMongo driver.
- [MongoDB PyMongo Documentation](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/index.md): Explore the features and usage of the PyMongo Driver for Python, including installation, connection setup, data operations, and transitioning to PyMongo Async.
- [Indexes](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/indexes.md): Learn how to create, manage, and optimize MongoDB indexes using PyMongo including single field, compound, text, geospatial, and MongoDB Search indexes.
- [Third-Party Integrations and Tools](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/integrations.md)
- [Tutorial: Build an Application with FastAPI](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/integrations/fastapi-integration.md): Build a CRUD application with FastAPI and the PyMongo Async driver, connect to MongoDB Atlas, model student data with Pydantic, and test endpoints in Swagger UI.
- [Tutorial: Deploy a Flask App to Azure Container Apps](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/integrations/flask-azure.md): Learn how to deploy a Flask application that uses MongoDB Atlas to Azure Container Apps using Docker.
- [Integrate Flask and Celery](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/integrations/flask-celery-integration.md)
- [Tutorial: Migrate Flask From SQL to MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/integrations/flask-migrate-to-mongo.md): Learn how to migrate a Flask application from SQLAlchemy to MongoDB using Flask-PyMongo and PyMongo.
- [Tutorial: Test and Package a Python Library](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/integrations/test-package-library.md): Build pytest fixtures for MongoDB tests and package a Python library with hatchling, build, and twine.
- [Issues & Help](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/issues-and-help.md): Find support for PyMongo through online forums, report bugs or request features via JIRA, and contribute to the driver with pull requests.
- [Logging and Monitoring](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/monitoring-and-logging.md)
- [Monitor Data with Change Streams](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/monitoring-and-logging/change-streams.md)
- [Logging](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/monitoring-and-logging/logging.md)
- [Monitoring](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/monitoring-and-logging/monitoring.md)
- [Migrate to PyMongo Async](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/reference/migration.md)
- [Previous Versions](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/reference/previous-versions.md)
- [Release Notes](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/reference/release-notes.md)
- [Upgrade PyMongo Versions](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/reference/upgrade.md)
- [Run a Database Command](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/run-command.md)
- [Secure Your Data](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/security.md)
- [Authentication Mechanisms](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/security/authentication.md): Learn how to authenticate to MongoDB using various authentication mechanisms in the PyMongo Driver compatible with different MongoDB Server editions.
- [AWS Identity and Access Management](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/security/authentication/aws-iam.md)
- [Kerberos (GSSAPI)](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/security/authentication/kerberos.md)
- [LDAP (PLAIN SASL)](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/security/authentication/ldap.md)
- [OIDC (Workload Identity Federation)](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/security/authentication/oidc.md)
- [SCRAM](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/security/authentication/scram.md)
- [X.509](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/security/authentication/x509.md)
- [In-Use Encryption](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/security/in-use-encryption.md): Encrypt specific document fields using PyMongo's in-use encryption to protect sensitive data before sending it to MongoDB.
- [Configure Transport Layer Security (TLS)](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/languages/python/pymongo-driver/current/security/tls.md)