MongoLab/PyMongo connection error

Question

If I run in the shell:

mongo ds0219xx.mlab.com:219xx/dbname -u user -p pass

It works and allows me to connect to the database and pull informat

Answer 1

I figured it out. You can do this from the python file and it will work:

connection = pymongo.MongoClient(ab123456.mlab.com, 123456)
db = connection[databasename]
db.authenticate(database_user, database_pass)