title: Python Connection with mongoHQ fails?
body: <p>I want to connect to mongoHq database through python.
  here is what i have done so far</p>
  
  <p>an environmental variable is set:</p>
  
  <pre><code>MONGOHQ_URL = mongodb://myusername:mypassword@paulo.mongohq.com:10084/mydb
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and the app.py file</p>
  
  <pre><code>import os
  import datetime
  import pymongo
  from pymongo import MongoClient
  MONGO_URL = os.environ.get('MONGOHQ_URL')
  client = MongoClient(MONGO_URL)
  db = client.mydb
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>when i run this file following error comes</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\pymongo-2.6.2-py3.3-win-amd64.egg\pymongo\mongo_client.py", line 349, in __init__
  self.__find_node(seeds)
  File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\pymongo-2.6.2-py3.3-win-amd64.egg\pymongo\mongo_client.py", line 750, in __find_node
  raise AutoReconnect(', '.join(errors))
  pymongo.errors.AutoReconnect: could not connect to localhost:27017: [WinError 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it
  
  During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python33\flaskk\test.py", line 9, in &lt;module&gt;
  client = MongoClient(MONGO_URL)
  File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\pymongo-2.6.2-py3.3-win-    amd64.egg\pymongo\mongo_client.py", line 352, in __init__
  raise ConnectionFailure(str(e))
  pymongo.errors.ConnectionFailure: could not connect to localhost:27017: [WinError    10061] 
  No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Please help !! Thanks in advance !!</p>