Does MongoDB have a native REST interface?

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I am currently evaluating Mongo and CouchDB for storing data points (analytics). During my earlier interaction with CouchDB, I loved its JSONP based interface. I could perform all CRUD operations from purely JavaScript. Just run CouchDB and write some JavaScript - no server side component needed. When comparing this to Mongo, is there any REST interface available? Is it possible to do CRUD purely from javascript in Mongo? Thanks! javascript api rest mongodb share|improve this question edited Jul 26 '13 at 17:05 Tim Cooper 44.8k1379108 asked Sep 12 '11 at 10:52 Mayank Jain 465410

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There is no full-blown REST interface to MongoDB, mainly because the server uses native binary protocol for efficiency. However you can find few REST wrappers in official documentation: Sleepy Mongoose (Python) is a full featured REST interface for MongoDB which is available as a separate project. MongoDB Rest (Node.js) is an alpha REST interface to MongoDB, which uses the MongoDB Node Native driver. Simple REST Interface The mongod process includes a simple read-only REST interface for convenience. For full REST capabilities we recommend using an external tool such asSleepy.Mongoose. share|improve this answer answered Sep 12 '11 at 11:03 Tomasz Nurkiewicz 124k9188285

Thanks for the links! –  Mayank Jain Sep 12 '11 at 12:36 To enable Simple REST Interface specify --rest on the command line to mongod, or add rest = truewithin mongodb.conf, also to enable JSONP output you need --jsonp or jsonp = true and then you specify the name of the callback function as a request parameter like thishttp://mymongodb.example.com/database/collection/?jsonp=myCallback –  gb96 Jan 29 '13 at 6:08  add comment

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Another option (shameless plug) is DrowsyDromedary. We developed Drowsy out of frustration with the other REST options for Mongo. Namely, we found that: Sleepy Mongoose is not really RESTful. It's a hacky HTTP interface that does not follow REST conventions; it doesn't use the standard REST HTTP methods, it doesn't use URLs to properly identify resources... We also found the options for limiting the maximum number of results (which is limited by default) rather confusing. mongodb-rest offers a proper REST interface, but we found it to be a pain in the ass to run. It would die regularly, and drove our sysadmin insane (who admittedly has little experience running node.js services). The built-in REST interface would have been great, but it being read-only means it's mostly useless for our needs. DrowsyDromedary, was developed to address many of the above issues: It provides a conventional REST interface, with support for the standard HTTP verbs (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH). It's fairly easy to install and deploy (clone from github, install bundler, run bundle, and then rackup, and you're running). It can also be easily deployed under Apache or nginx. share|improve this answer answered Jun 5 '12 at 18:29 Matt Zukowski 1,1231115

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up vote2down vote	mongodb-rest's fork by ActibeUnits (github repo) is one of the fastest and most feature rich rest interface to mongodb that I've seen. I would highly recommend it. share|improve this answer answered Sep 16 '11 at 9:20 Mayank Jain 465410
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up vote1down vote	Not really. The mongod process includes a simple read-only REST interface for convenience. For full REST capabilities you need to use an external tool such as Sleepy.Mongoose. share|improve this answer answered Sep 12 '11 at 10:55 Thilo 96.3k26196334
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