How to get a list of all databases in a mongo instance using pymongo

Question

how to get a list of all databases in a mongo instance for a variable using pymongo?

for example to send the following command to a mongo instance using pymongo,

db.adminCommand ({listDatabases: 1})

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sqlcheckpoint Apr 19 17 at 16:41

1 answer

Steve rossiter · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-19T16:48:10+0000

dbs = MongoClient().database_names()

As Andrew Aller points out: As of pymongo 3.6, database_names () has been deprecated in favor of list_database_names .

dbs = MongoClient().list_database_names()