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FailedToParse: Password must be URL Encoded for mongodb

I am trying to connect to MongoDB v4.2.X using below command and getting the error.

FailedToParse: Password must be URL Encoded for mongodb:// URL: mongodb://user:user@123@localhost:27017/my-employees?authSource=admin try 'mongo --help' for more information

The URL = mongodb://user:user@123@localhost:27017/my-employees?authSource=admin

Solution

  • If your password is user@123, you're using a special character (a delimeter) in your connection URI. According to the docs:

    If the username or password includes the at sign @, colon :, slash /, or the percent sign % character, use percent encoding.

    Percent encoding is another name for URL encoding mentioned in your error.

    @ will be %40 in percent-encoding, and your connection string would be:

    mongodb://user:user%40123@localhost:27017/my-employees?authSource=admin

    You can also use this online tool to URL-encode your username/password.