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edx-platform/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/mongo_connection.py
John Eskew 74e70119a2 Use a common MongoDB connection function.
Add some missing @autoretry_read() decorators.
Change to PyMongo 3.x-compatible syntax.
2015-12-14 07:42:38 -05:00

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"""
Common MongoDB connection functions.
"""
import pymongo
from mongodb_proxy import MongoProxy
# pylint: disable=bad-continuation
def connect_to_mongodb(
db, host,
port=27017, tz_aware=True, user=None, password=None,
retry_wait_time=0.1, proxy=True, **kwargs
):
"""
Returns a MongoDB Database connection, optionally wrapped in a proxy. The proxy
handles AutoReconnect errors by retrying read operations, since these exceptions
typically indicate a temporary step-down condition for MongoDB.
"""
# The MongoReplicaSetClient class is deprecated in Mongo 3.x, in favor of using
# the MongoClient class for all connections. Update/simplify this code when using
# PyMongo 3.x.
if kwargs.get('replicaSet'):
# Enable reading from secondary nodes in the MongoDB replicaset by using the
# MongoReplicaSetClient class.
# The 'replicaSet' parameter in kwargs is required for secondary reads.
# The read_preference should be set to a proper value, like SECONDARY_PREFERRED.
mongo_client_class = pymongo.MongoReplicaSetClient
else:
# No 'replicaSet' in kwargs - so no secondary reads.
mongo_client_class = pymongo.MongoClient
mongo_conn = pymongo.database.Database(
mongo_client_class(
host=host,
port=port,
tz_aware=tz_aware,
document_class=dict,
**kwargs
),
db
)
if proxy:
mongo_conn = MongoProxy(
mongo_conn,
wait_time=retry_wait_time
)
# If credentials were provided, authenticate the user.
if user is not None and password is not None:
mongo_conn.authenticate(user, password)
return mongo_conn