Vapor Extensions

An extension to Vapor’s Application type to add support for configuring your application to interact with a MongoDB deployment. All of the API is namespaced under the .mongoDB property on the Application.MongoDB type. This extension supports the following:

• Configuring a global MongoDB client for your application via Application.MongoDB.configure(_:options:), for example:

  myApp.mongoDB.configure("mongodb://localhost:27017")
  

• Accessing a global client via Application.MongoDB.client, for example:

  myApp.mongoDB.client.listDatabases()
  

• Cleaning up the global client when your application is shutting down via Application.MongoDB.cleanup(), for example:

  myApp.mongDB.cleanup()
  

See Application.MongoDB for further details.

An extension to Vapor’s Request type to add support for conveniently accessing MongoDB core types e.g. e.g. clients, databases, and collections which return futures on on the same EventLoop which the Request is on.

This extension provides a Request.mongoDB.client property which you can use as follows from within a Request handler:

 req.mongoDB.client.db("home").collection("kittens", withType: Kitten.self).insertOne(myKitten)

We recommend utilizing this API to add extensions to Request for MongoDB databases and collections you frequently access, for example:

 extension Request {
     /// A collection with an associated `Codable` type `Kitten`.
     var kittenCollection: MongoCollection<Kitten> {
         self.mongoDB.client.db("home").collection("kittens", withType: Kitten.self)
     }
 }