Mongotoolbox

MongoDB toolbox for index management and simple connection to authorized database

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Using

This utility requires:

• Node.js >= 6.0.0
• mongodb driver ^2.2.4

Install package with npm:

npm i -S mongotools

Ensure indexes at collection

const mongotools = require('mongotools');
 
mongotools.ensureIndex(db.collection('myCollection'))
    .index({ someUniqueIndex: 1 }, { sparse: true, unique: true })
    .writeIndexes();

Connect to database

 
const mongotools = require('mongotools');
 
mongotools.connectAndAuth('mongodb://localhost:27017')
    .then((db) => {
        // use connected db object
    });

Connect to database and authenticate

 
const mongotools = require('mongotools');
 
const url = 'mongodb://localhost:27017';
const options = { user: 'username', password: 'foo' };
 
mongotools
    .connectAndAuth(url, options)
    .then((db) => {
        // use connected db object
    });

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API

connectAndAuth method

• connectAndAuth(url: string, options: object)
  • url: mongodb connection string
  • options options for mongodb connect method
    • options.user: username for authentication
    • options.password: password for authentication

EnsureIndex class

• new EnsureIndex(mongoDbCollection)

  • creates instance of mongodb collection

• index(definition: string, options: object)

  • definition: object accepted by mongo
  • options: object accepted by mongo

• writeIndexes()

  • removes unwanted indexes and writes non-existing ones