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# PyMongo 2.5 Documentation

## Overview

PyMongo is a Python distribution containing tools for working with MongoDB, and is the recommended way to work with MongoDB from Python. This documentation attempts to explain everything you need to know to use PyMongo.

Installing / Upgrading
  Instructions on how to get the distribution.
Tutorial
  Start here for a quick overview.
Examples
  Examples of how to perform specific tasks.
Frequently Asked Questions
  Some questions that come up often.
Python 3 FAQ
  Frequently asked questions about python 3 support.
API Documentation
  The complete API documentation, organized by module.
Tools
  A listing of Python tools and libraries that have been written for MongoDB.

## Getting Help

If you’re having trouble or have questions about PyMongo, the best place to ask is the MongoDB user group. Once you get an answer, it’d be great if you could work it back into this documentation and contribute!

## Issues

All issues should be reported (and can be tracked / voted for / commented on) at the main MongoDB JIRA bug tracker, in the “Python Driver” project.

## Contributing

PyMongo has a large community and contributions are always encouraged. Contributions can be as simple as minor tweaks to this documentation. To contribute, fork the project on github and send a pull request.

## Changes

See the Changelog for a full list of changes to PyMongo. For older versions of the documentation please see the archive list.

## About This Documentation

This documentation is generated using the Sphinx documentation generator. The source files for the documentation are located in the doc/ directory of the PyMongo distribution. To generate the docs locally run the following command from the root directory of the PyMongo source:

    $ python setup.py doc

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