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MongoDB Data API

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Summary

This lesson explains the MongoDB Atlas Data API, which is how to run MongoDB operations through a standard HTTPS endpoint without opening a driver connection. You just send an HTTP POST request containing a command like find or aggregate to the configured API URL. This approach makes it easy to integrate from environments that don't support MongoDB drivers.

Key points

The data API exposes MongoDB operations as an HTTPS endpoint
Requests using HTTP POST with JSON body containing actions and arguments
Authentication using the API key through the Authorization header
Suitable for serverless and driverless language integrations

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