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Properties for MongoDB connections are specified in the properties object when creating or updating a connection. All properties are nested within the connection request body.

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Properties

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string
required
MongoDB connection protocol. Use mongodb for standard connections or mongodb+srv for connections using DNS seed list format (typically used with MongoDB Atlas).
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string
required
MongoDB server hostname or fully qualified domain name.
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string
required
Username for authenticating to the MongoDB server.
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object
required
Reference to a Prophecy secret containing the MongoDB password.
  • When using the create connection API, the secret must be stored in Prophecy before creating the connection.
  • When using the create fabric API, replace this whole object with the string {{SECRET}}, which references the secret being created in parallel to the connection.
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string
required
Name of the MongoDB database where Prophecy will write data by default.
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string
required
Name of the collection where Prophecy will write data by default.