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connect() Class

Module: ringo-mongodb

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connect()

(
  • uri
)
Object static

Returns a MongoClient instance connected to the provided URI connection.

If a database is specified in the URI, a MongoDatabase is returned instead.

The format of the URI is:

 mongodb://[username:password@]host1[:port1][,host2[:port2],...[,hostN[:portN]]][/[database][?options]]

For a detailed specification of the URI format, please check the java driver's MongoClientURI class

Parameters:

  • uri String

    URI to use for the connection

Returns:

Object: returns MongoClient if no database was specified in the URI otherwise returns the specified MongoDatabase

Example:

 var client = mongo.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017');

 var db = mongo.connect('mongodb://localhost/myDatabase');