pymongo.errors.OperationFailure: command insert requires authentication

Question

I'm creating a collection and want to insert it in my database

I have imported pymongo and also I defined db = myClient["mydb"] this way but it says command insert requires authentication

 >>> import pymongo
 >>> from pymongo import MongoClient
 >>> myClient = MongoClient()
 >>> db = myClient.mydb
 >>> users = db.users
 >>> user1 = {"username": "nick", "password": "mysecurepass", "fav_num": 445}
 >>> user_id = users.insert_one(user1).inserted_id

line 155, in _check_command_response raise OperationFailure(msg % errmsg, code, response) pymongo.errors.OperationFailure: command insert requires authentication

Buzz Buzz · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-10T15:20:47

It looks like the MongoDB instance you are using is set up with authentication, but when you create the connection using myClient = MongoClient() you are not giving it credentials. When you connect to the database try something like this:

client = MongoClient('example.com',
                  username='user',
                 password='password')

this will pass the correct username and password to the Mongo instance and allow you to connect. use this link for some examples on how to use authentication with pymongo.

pymongo.errors.OperationFailure: command insert requires authentication

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