Class: MongoClient

MongoClient

new MongoClient(url, options, callback){MongoClient}

Creates a new MongoClient instance

Name Type Description
url string

The connection URI string

options object optional

Optional settings

Name Type Default Description
poolSize number 5 optional

The maximum size of the individual server pool

ssl boolean false optional

Enable SSL connection.

sslValidate boolean true optional

Validate mongod server certificate against Certificate Authority

sslCA buffer optional

SSL Certificate store binary buffer

sslCert buffer optional

SSL Certificate binary buffer

sslKey buffer optional

SSL Key file binary buffer

sslPass string optional

SSL Certificate pass phrase

sslCRL buffer optional

SSL Certificate revocation list binary buffer

autoReconnect boolean true optional

Enable autoReconnect for single server instances

noDelay boolean true optional

TCP Connection no delay

keepAlive boolean true optional

TCP Connection keep alive enabled

keepAliveInitialDelay number 30000 optional

The number of milliseconds to wait before initiating keepAlive on the TCP socket

connectTimeoutMS number 30000 optional

TCP Connection timeout setting

family number null optional

Version of IP stack. Can be 4, 6 or null (default).
If null, will attempt to connect with IPv6, and will fall back to IPv4 on failure

socketTimeoutMS number 360000 optional

TCP Socket timeout setting

reconnectTries number 30 optional

Server attempt to reconnect #times

reconnectInterval number 1000 optional

Server will wait # milliseconds between retries

ha boolean true optional

Control if high availability monitoring runs for Replicaset or Mongos proxies

haInterval number 10000 optional

The High availability period for replicaset inquiry

replicaSet string optional

The Replicaset set name

secondaryAcceptableLatencyMS number 15 optional

Cutoff latency point in MS for Replicaset member selection

acceptableLatencyMS number 15 optional

Cutoff latency point in MS for Mongos proxies selection

connectWithNoPrimary boolean false optional

Sets if the driver should connect even if no primary is available

authSource string optional

Define the database to authenticate against

w number | string null optional

The write concern

wtimeout number null optional

The write concern timeout

j boolean false optional

Specify a journal write concern

forceServerObjectId boolean false optional

Force server to assign _id values instead of driver

serializeFunctions boolean false optional

Serialize functions on any object

ignoreUndefined Boolean false optional

Specify if the BSON serializer should ignore undefined fields

raw boolean false optional

Return document results as raw BSON buffers

bufferMaxEntries number -1 optional

Sets a cap on how many operations the driver will buffer up before giving up on getting a working connection, default is -1 which is unlimited

readPreference ReadPreference | string null optional

The preferred read preference (ReadPreference.PRIMARY, ReadPreference.PRIMARY_PREFERRED, ReadPreference.SECONDARY, ReadPreference.SECONDARY_PREFERRED, ReadPreference.NEAREST)

pkFactory object null optional

A primary key factory object for generation of custom _id keys

promiseLibrary object null optional

A Promise library class the application wishes to use such as Bluebird, must be ES6 compatible

readConcern object null optional

Specify a read concern for the collection (only MongoDB 3.2 or higher supported)

Name Type Default Description
level string 'local' optional

Specify a read concern level for the collection operations, one of [local|majority]. (only MongoDB 3.2 or higher supported)

maxStalenessSeconds number optional

The max staleness to secondary reads (values under 10 seconds cannot be guaranteed)

loggerLevel string optional

The logging level (error/warn/info/debug)

logger object optional

Custom logger object

promoteValues boolean true optional

Promotes BSON values to native types where possible, set to false to only receive wrapper types

promoteBuffers boolean false optional

Promotes Binary BSON values to native Node Buffers

promoteLongs boolean true optional

Promotes long values to number if they fit inside the 53 bits resolution

domainsEnabled boolean false optional

Enable the wrapping of the callback in the current domain, disabled by default to avoid perf hit

checkServerIdentity boolean | function true optional

Ensure we check server identify during SSL, set to false to disable checking. Only works for Node 0.12.x or higher. You can pass in a boolean or your own checkServerIdentity override function

validateOptions object false optional

Validate MongoClient passed in options for correctness

appname string optional

The name of the application that created this MongoClient instance. MongoDB 3.4 and newer will print this value in the server log upon establishing each connection. It is also recorded in the slow query log and profile collections

auth.user string optional

The username for auth

auth.password string optional

The password for auth

authMechanism string optional

Mechanism for authentication: MDEFAULT, GSSAPI, PLAIN, MONGODB-X509, SCRAM-SHA-1 or MONGODB-CR

compression object null optional

Type of compression to use: snappy or zlib

fsync boolean false optional

Specify a file sync write concern

readPreferenceTags array null optional

Read preference tags

numberOfRetries number 5 optional

The number of retries for a tailable cursor

auto_reconnect boolean true optional

Enable auto reconnecting for single server instances

monitorCommands boolean false optional

Enable command monitoring for this client

minSize number optional

If present, the connection pool will be initialized with minSize connections, and will never dip below minSize connections

callback MongoClient~connectCallback optional

The command result callback

Returns:
MongoClient instance

Methods

staticMongoClient.connect(url, options, callback){Promise.<MongoClient>}

Connect to MongoDB using a url as documented at

docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/connection-string/

Note that for replicasets the replicaSet query parameter is required in the 2.0 driver

Name Type Description
url string

The connection URI string

options object optional

Optional settings

Name Type Default Description
poolSize number 5 optional

The maximum size of the individual server pool

ssl boolean false optional

Enable SSL connection.

sslValidate boolean true optional

Validate mongod server certificate against Certificate Authority

sslCA buffer optional

SSL Certificate store binary buffer

sslCert buffer optional

SSL Certificate binary buffer

sslKey buffer optional

SSL Key file binary buffer

sslPass string optional

SSL Certificate pass phrase

sslCRL buffer optional

SSL Certificate revocation list binary buffer

autoReconnect boolean true optional

Enable autoReconnect for single server instances

noDelay boolean true optional

TCP Connection no delay

keepAlive boolean true optional

TCP Connection keep alive enabled

keepAliveInitialDelay boolean 30000 optional

The number of milliseconds to wait before initiating keepAlive on the TCP socket

connectTimeoutMS number 30000 optional

TCP Connection timeout setting

family number null optional

Version of IP stack. Can be 4, 6 or null (default).
If null, will attempt to connect with IPv6, and will fall back to IPv4 on failure

socketTimeoutMS number 360000 optional

TCP Socket timeout setting

reconnectTries number 30 optional

Server attempt to reconnect #times

reconnectInterval number 1000 optional

Server will wait # milliseconds between retries

ha boolean true optional

Control if high availability monitoring runs for Replicaset or Mongos proxies

haInterval number 10000 optional

The High availability period for replicaset inquiry

replicaSet string optional

The Replicaset set name

secondaryAcceptableLatencyMS number 15 optional

Cutoff latency point in MS for Replicaset member selection

acceptableLatencyMS number 15 optional

Cutoff latency point in MS for Mongos proxies selection

connectWithNoPrimary boolean false optional

Sets if the driver should connect even if no primary is available

authSource string optional

Define the database to authenticate against

w number | string null optional

The write concern

wtimeout number null optional

The write concern timeout

j boolean false optional

Specify a journal write concern

forceServerObjectId boolean false optional

Force server to assign _id values instead of driver

serializeFunctions boolean false optional

Serialize functions on any object

ignoreUndefined Boolean false optional

Specify if the BSON serializer should ignore undefined fields

raw boolean false optional

Return document results as raw BSON buffers

bufferMaxEntries number -1 optional

Sets a cap on how many operations the driver will buffer up before giving up on getting a working connection, default is -1 which is unlimited

readPreference ReadPreference | string null optional

The preferred read preference (ReadPreference.PRIMARY, ReadPreference.PRIMARY_PREFERRED, ReadPreference.SECONDARY, ReadPreference.SECONDARY_PREFERRED, ReadPreference.NEAREST)

pkFactory object null optional

A primary key factory object for generation of custom _id keys

promiseLibrary object null optional

A Promise library class the application wishes to use such as Bluebird, must be ES6 compatible

readConcern object null optional

Specify a read concern for the collection (only MongoDB 3.2 or higher supported)

Name Type Default Description
level string 'local' optional

Specify a read concern level for the collection operations, one of [local|majority]. (only MongoDB 3.2 or higher supported)

maxStalenessSeconds number optional

The max staleness to secondary reads (values under 10 seconds cannot be guaranteed)

loggerLevel string optional

The logging level (error/warn/info/debug)

logger object optional

Custom logger object

promoteValues boolean true optional

Promotes BSON values to native types where possible, set to false to only receive wrapper types

promoteBuffers boolean false optional

Promotes Binary BSON values to native Node Buffers

promoteLongs boolean true optional

Promotes long values to number if they fit inside the 53 bits resolution

domainsEnabled boolean false optional

Enable the wrapping of the callback in the current domain, disabled by default to avoid perf hit

checkServerIdentity boolean | function true optional

Ensure we check server identify during SSL, set to false to disable checking. Only works for Node 0.12.x or higher. You can pass in a boolean or your own checkServerIdentity override function

validateOptions object false optional

Validate MongoClient passed in options for correctness

appname string optional

The name of the application that created this MongoClient instance. MongoDB 3.4 and newer will print this value in the server log upon establishing each connection. It is also recorded in the slow query log and profile collections

auth.user string optional

The username for auth

auth.password string optional

The password for auth

authMechanism string optional

Mechanism for authentication: MDEFAULT, GSSAPI, PLAIN, MONGODB-X509, SCRAM-SHA-1 or MONGODB-CR

compression object null optional

Type of compression to use: snappy or zlib

fsync boolean false optional

Specify a file sync write concern

readPreferenceTags array null optional

Read preference tags

numberOfRetries number 5 optional

The number of retries for a tailable cursor

auto_reconnect boolean true optional

Enable auto reconnecting for single server instances

minSize number optional

If present, the connection pool will be initialized with minSize connections, and will never dip below minSize connections

callback MongoClient~connectCallback optional

The command result callback

Returns:
Promise if no callback passed

close(force, callback){Promise}

Close the db and its underlying connections

Name Type Description
force boolean

Force close, emitting no events

callback Db~noResultCallback optional

The result callback

Returns:
Promise if no callback passed

connect(callback){Promise.<MongoClient>}

Connect to MongoDB using a url as documented at

docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/connection-string/

Note that for replicasets the replicaSet query parameter is required in the 2.0 driver

Name Type Description
callback MongoClient~connectCallback optional

The command result callback

Returns:
Promise if no callback passed

db(dbName, options){Db}

Create a new Db instance sharing the current socket connections. Be aware that the new db instances are
related in a parent-child relationship to the original instance so that events are correctly emitted on child
db instances. Child db instances are cached so performing db('db1') twice will return the same instance.
You can control these behaviors with the options noListener and returnNonCachedInstance.

Name Type Default Description
dbName string

The name of the database we want to use.

options object null optional

Optional settings.

Name Type Default Description
noListener boolean false optional

Do not make the db an event listener to the original connection.

returnNonCachedInstance boolean false optional

Control if you want to return a cached instance or have a new one created

isConnected(options){boolean}

Check if MongoClient is connected

Name Type Default Description
options object null optional

Optional settings.

Name Type Default Description
noListener boolean false optional

Do not make the db an event listener to the original connection.

returnNonCachedInstance boolean false optional

Control if you want to return a cached instance or have a new one created

logout(options, callback){Promise}

Logout user from server, fire off on all connections and remove all auth info

Name Type Default Description
options object null optional

Optional settings.

Name Type Default Description
dbName string null optional

Logout against different database than current.

callback Db~resultCallback optional

The command result callback

Returns:
Promise if no callback passed

startSession(options){ClientSession}

Starts a new session on the server

Name Type Description
options object optional

optional settings for a driver session

Returns:
newly established session

Type Definitions

connectCallback(error, client)

The callback format for results

Name Type Description
error MongoError

An error instance representing the error during the execution.

client MongoClient

The connected client.