def connect(self): 
        try:
            self.connection = pymongo.Connection(self.host, self.port)
            self.db = self.connection[self.name]
        except AutoReconnect:
            raise DatabaseException("It's not possible connect to the database")
def list_snapshots(self, params=None):
        """List all the snapshot."""
        url = 'snapshots'
        if params:
                url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)

        resp, body = self.get(url)
        body = json.loads(body)
        return resp, body['snapshots']