MONGODB_HOST_PORT = 'xx' MONGODB_DB = 'xx' MONGODB_USERNAME = 'xx' MONGODB_PASSWORD = 'xx' MONGODB_CONNECTION_STRING = 'mongodb://%s:%s@%s/%s' % (MONGODB_USERNAME , MONGODB_PASSWORD , MONGODB_HOST_PORT , MONGODB_DB) import pymongo mongo_con = pymongo.Connection(MONGODB_CONNECTION_STRING , safe = True )['DB'] print 'Count Before Insert : %s ' % mongo_con['TEST_SAFE_WRITE'].count() mongo_con['TEST_SAFE_WRITE'].insert({'test':123}) print 'Count After Insert : %s ' % mongo_con['TEST_SAFE_WRITE'].count()