mongodb-connection-nodejs

A simple and universal MongoDB connection utility for Node.js that works with both CommonJS and ES modules.

Installation

npm install mongodb-connection-nodejs

Features

• 🚀 Simple and lightweight MongoDB connection utility
• 🔄 Works with both CommonJS and ES modules
• 🛡️ Built on top of Mongoose
• ⚡ Connection reuse to prevent multiple connections
• 🎯 TypeScript friendly

Usage

ES Modules (import)

import { connect } from 'mongodb-connection-nodejs';

async function main() {
  try {
    const connection = await connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/mydb');
    console.log('Connected to MongoDB!');
    
    // Your database operations here
    
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Connection failed:', error);
  }
}

main();

CommonJS (require)

const { connect } = require('mongodb-connection-nodejs');

async function main() {
  try {
    const connection = await connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/mydb');
    console.log('Connected to MongoDB!');
    
    // Your database operations here
    
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Connection failed:', error);
  }
}

main();

With Options

import { connect } from 'mongodb-connection-nodejs';

const options = {
  useNewUrlParser: true,
  useUnifiedTopology: true,
  maxPoolSize: 10,
  serverSelectionTimeoutMS: 5000,
};

const connection = await connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/mydb', options);

API

connect(uri, options?)

Connects to MongoDB using the provided URI and options.

Parameters

• uri (string): MongoDB connection string
• options (object, optional): Mongoose connection options

Returns

• Promise<mongoose.Connection>: The mongoose connection instance

Example

const connection = await connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/mydb');

Connection Reuse

The utility automatically reuses existing connections, so you can call connect() multiple times without creating duplicate connections.

Requirements

• Node.js >= 14.0.0
• MongoDB server

Dependencies

• mongoose: ^8.17.1

License

MIT

Author

sarvesh.dev

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.