mongoengine/mongoengine/mongodb_support.py

"""
Helper functions, constants, and types to aid with MongoDB version support
"""
from mongoengine.connection import get_connection


# Constant that can be used to compare the version retrieved with
# get_mongodb_version()
MONGODB_36 = (3, 6)


def get_mongodb_version():
    """Return the version of the connected mongoDB (first 2 digits)

    :return: tuple(int, int)
    """
    version_list = get_connection().server_info()['versionArray'][:2]     # e.g: (3, 2)
    return tuple(version_list)