Flask-pymongo-mongodb. db.collection.drop() not working

Question

I'm trying to delete a collection in mongodb via pymongo,but its not deleting.Where did i go wrong? I have check in stackoverflow for different ways to delete a collection but its not working. Help please

code: https://pastebin.com/LEAJXvHP

Answer 1

It worked for me to use drop_collection (collection_name) to remove collections. (Python 2.7 and using pymongo)

Example:

mongoClient = MongoClient("xx.xx.xx.xx:27017")
db = mongoClient["DB_name"]
db.drop_collection ("collection_name")

I hope it helps you. Regards,

Answer 2

Beeing "mongo" the variable name that holds the instance of PyMongo, mongo.db.drop_collection("collection_name") should do the trick.