MongoDB Swift Driver¶
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Introduction¶
This is the official MongoDB Swift Driver.
Installation¶
See Installation
Connect to MongoDB Atlas¶
To connect to a MongoDB Atlas cluster, use the Atlas connection string for your cluster:
For information about connecting to Atlas Serverless, see the Serverless Instance Limitations page for the minimum driver version you need.
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:
- Download the Community or Enterprise version of MongoDB Server.
- Install and configure MongoDB Server.
- Start the server.
Always secure your MongoDB server from malicious attacks. See our Security Checklist for a list of security recommendations.
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¶
MongoDB Compatibility¶
Swift Driver Version | MongoDB 4.4 | MongoDB 4.2 | MongoDB 4.0 | MongoDB 3.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1.0.0 | ✓ (*) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
The Swift driver is not compatible with MongoDB server versions older than 3.6.
(*) Not all features in MongoDB 4.4 are available in this version of the driver including OCSP and MONGODB-AWS. These features will be included in future versions of the driver.
Language Compatibility¶
The MongoDB Swift driver requires Swift 5.1 or later.
For more information on how to read the compatibility tables, see our guide on MongoDB Compatibility Tables.
How to get help¶
- Ask questions on our MongoDB Community Forums.
- Visit our Support Channels.
- See our SWIFT JIRA project to raise issues or request features.