How can I connect my mongodb with the NODEjs app on Bluemix?

Question

I have tried the below code for VCAP_SERVICES :

if (process.env.VCAP_SERVICES) {
      var env = JSON.parse(process.env.VCAP_SERVICES);
      if (env['mongodb-2.2']) {
        var mongo = env['mongodb-2.2'][0]['credentials'];
      }
    } else {
           var mongo = {
              "username" : "user1",
              "password" : "secret",
              "url" : "mongodb://user1:secret@localhost:27017/test"
     }
}

//With this as the connector
var MongoClient = mongodb.MongoClient;
var db= MongoClient.connect(mongo.url, function(err, db) {
  if(err) {
    console.log("failed to connect to the database");
  } else {
    console.log("connected to database");
  }

but it keeps throwing " TypeError : Cannot read property "url" of underfined "

I have tried using monk as a connector giving :

var monk = require('monk');
 var db = monk(mongo.url);

This also throws the same error. I may be using the object mongo incorrectly.

Answer 1

It looks like mongo.url is not defined, try restructing your code like below.

var mongo = {};

if (process.env.VCAP_SERVICES) {
    var env = JSON.parse(process.env.VCAP_SERVICES);
    if (env['mongodb-2.2']) {
        mongo['url'] = env['mongodb-2.2'][0]['credentials']['uri'];
    }
    } else {
           var mongo = {
              "username" : "user1",
              "password" : "secret",
              "url" : "mongodb://user1:secret@localhost:27017/test"
     }
}

//With this as the connector
var MongoClient = mongodb.MongoClient;
var db = MongoClient.connect(mongo.url, function(err, db) {
if(err) {
    console.log("failed to connect to the database");
} else {
    console.log("connected to database");
}