Mongoose v8.4.1: Connecting to MongoDB

You can connect to MongoDB with the mongoose.connect() method. mongoose.connect('mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/myapp'); This is the minimum needed to connect the myapp database running locally on the default port (27017). For local MongoDB databases, we recommend using 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost. That is because Node.js 18 and up prefer IPv6 addresses, which means, on many machines, Node.js will r

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“// Using `mongoose.connect`... var promise = mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/myapp', { useMongoClient: true, /* other options */ });”