MongoURI constructor does not pass uname/password correctly

[Sarthak]

I am using mongo-java-driver version 2.3

When i create a connection string according to the prescribed format,
mongodb://fred:foobar@localhost/, it does not parse the MongoURI
fields correctly.

For the fields to get populated correctly, i have to construct the
connection string like this.

mongodb://uname@password:<HOSTNAME:PORT>/<DB_NAME>.<COLLECTION_NAME>

also, is port used separately or should be considered part of hostname?

[Brendan W. McAdams]

There is no 'global' username or password with MongoDB: A username is associated with a specific DB, which is why the URI format requires it.  

Port is used separately from hostname, but is optional.

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[Sarthak]

So if my specific db requires a uname/password, how should I do that?

[Sarthak]

if my specific DB requires authentication, how do we pass that in?

On Jan 14, 12:18 pm, "Brendan W. McAdams" <bren...@10gen.com> wrote:

[Brendan W. McAdams]

You'll need to specify the URL as 

mongodb://<user>:<password>@<hostname:port>/<db> 

The Java Driver will not automatically authenticate when you connect so you'll need to connect, and then call authenticate on the DB object, passing uriInstance.getUsername() and uriInstance.getPassword()

[Sarthak]

Ok.. that suggestion helped, to authenticate after getting the DB
object..