@notross/mongo-singleton

A lightweight, opinionated wrapper for the official mongodb driver that makes working with singletons and multiple clients simple, safe, and ergonomic.

Key Features

• ✅ Works with both connection URIs and full MongoClientOptions
• ✅ Support for multiple named clients (useClient)
• ✅ Ensures a single shared connection
• ✅ Optional built-in logging with configurable log levels
• ✅ TypeScript support out of the box
• ✅ Easy singleton setup with no boilerplate
• ✅ Direct access to db and collection helpers from the package root
• ✅ No accidental overwrites — safe client management

Installation

# NPM
npm install @notross/mongo-singleton

# Yarn
yarn add @notross/mongo-singleton

TL;DR Quickstart

// index.ts
import { mongoClient, collection } from '@notross/mongo-singleton';

await mongoClient.init({
  connection: process.env.MONGO_URI,
  database: 'myApp',
});

// anywhere in your app
const user = await collection('users').findOne({ email: '[email protected]' });

Quickstart

1. Import the shared client

import { mongoClient } from '@notross/mongo-singleton';

2. Initialize it once

mongoClient.init({
  connection: process.env.MONGO_URI,
  database: 'myApp',
});

3. Use it anywhere

The package root exposes direct helpers for db and collection:

import { collection } from '@notross/mongo-singleton';

const user = await collection('users').findOne({ email: '[email protected]' });
console.log('Result:', user);

Using multiple clients

You have two options if your app needs more than one distinct MongoDB client.

Option A: Create your own instances

import { MongoSingleton } from '@notross/mongo-singleton';

export const clientA = new MongoSingleton({ 
  connection: process.env.URI_A, 
  database: 'dbA',
});

export const clientB = new MongoSingleton({ 
  connection: process.env.URI_B, 
  database: 'dbB',
});

Option B: Use the useClient registry

useClient ensures a single instance per client ID across your app.

import { useClient } from '@notross/mongo-singleton';

// index.ts
useClient('client-a', { connection: process.env.URI_A, database: 'dbA' });
useClient('client-b', { connection: process.env.URI_B, database: 'dbB' });

// auth.ts
const { collection } = useClient('client-a');
const account = await collection('accounts').findOne({ email, password });

// orders.ts
const { collection } = useClient('client-b');
const orders = await collection('orders').find().toArray();

⚠️ If you call useClient('client-a') again with new props, it will not overwrite the existing client.

To reinitialize, explicitly call client.init(...):

const { client } = useClient('client-a');
await client.init({ connection: '...', database: '...' });

API Reference

MongoSingleton

new MongoSingleton(
  props?: InitClientProps,
  database?: string,
);

Types

type InitClientProps = {
  connection: ConnectionOptions;
  database: string;
  config?: mongodb.MongoClientOptions;
};

type ConnectionOptions = ConnectionProps | SparseConnectionProps | string;

type ConnectionProps = {
  prefix: string; // e.g., "mongodb://" or "mongodb+srv://"
  username: string;
  password: string;
  host: string;
  port?: number;
  defaultauthdb?: string;
  authSource?: string;
  options?: URLSearchParams;
  logging?: boolean;
  logLevels?: string[];
};

type SparseConnectionProps = {
  uri: string,
  logging?: boolean,
  logLevels?: string[];
};

Methods:

• init(props) – Initialize or reinitialize the client
• connect() – Manually connect (optional, usually handled for you)
• disconnect() – Closes the connection and resets internal state
• db – Current Db instance (after init)
• collection(name) – Helper for accessing collections

Best Practices

• Always call init(...) (or pass config to the constructor) before using db or collection.
• Prefer useClient if you expect multiple distinct clients.
• Use mongoClient + exported db/collection if you only need one global client.