Node.Js – MongoDB: Connect Your App to the Mongo Database To use MongoDB, you can install it on your machine or use a docker image for local use. You can also use a Database as a Service cloud solution, such as MongoDB Atlas. Until recently, a MongoDB cluster accepted a limited ...
export MONGODB_DATABASE_URL=mongodb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@DBHOST:DBPORT/DBNAME Code to connect this way: var DATABASE_URL = process.env.MONGODB_DATABASE_URL || mongodb.DEFAULT_URL; mongo_connect(DATABASE_URL, mongodb_server_options, function(err, db) { if(db && !err) { console.log("...
Once you're inside the Docker container, you can follow the below steps to run the NodeJS code example. 1 $ export MONGODB_URL="mongodb+srv://USER:PWD@EXAMPLE.mongodb.net/dbname?retryWrites=true&w=majority" 2 3 $ node ./example.js Note: If you're connecting to M...
Our next steps will be to clone the application starter code and add Mongoose and our MongoDB database information to the project. In your non-root user’s home directory, clone thenodejs-image-demorepositoryfrom theDigitalOcean Community GitHub account. This repository includes the code from the...
When you think of a Node.js project you typically think about either a PERN stack or a MERN stack implementation. Meaning you are either working with PostgreSQL or MongoDB as your database of choice. However, thanks to thetediousmodule, which is a pure JavaScript imp...
In this post, I will talk about how to setup a local instance of MongoDB, run it, insert data into it via the Mongo shell, view it using a GUI like MongoDB Compass and connect it to a NodeJS backend. Contents BackgroundWorking with new techSetup MongoDB on a MacbookHow to setup...
To run the app, you’ll use thenode index.jscommand. Dependencies The backend app needs 8 dependencies. You can install them by running: npm i Here’s a list of each of the dependencies: connect-mongoconnects to MongoDB, which you’ll use as a session store; ...
App Platform makes it easy to deploy and scale your Node.js application: Create a new app in the App Platform dashboard. Connect your GitHub repository containing your Node.js application. Configure your app settings, including environment variables for you...
Node.js also has the ability to embedded external functionality or extended functionality by making use of custom modules. These modules have to be installed separately. An example of a module is theMongoDBmodule which allows you to work with MongoDB databases from your Node.js application. ...
Node.js:Node.js enables developers to execute JavaScript code outside of the web browser, thereby facilitating the creation of network applications that are scalable and high-performing. Its core functionality lies in providing an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model, which ensures the efficient ...