No response from HTTP request in mongodb/node.js

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I have this as a server.js:

var express = require('express'),
  app = express(),
  port = process.env.PORT || 3000,
  mongoose = require('mongoose'),
  Task = require('./api/models/toDoListModel'),
  bodyParser = require('body-parser');

mongoose.Promise = global.Promise;
mongoose.createConnection('mongodb://localhost:27017/Tododb'); 


app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
app.use(bodyParser.json());


var routes = require('./api/routes/toDoListRoutes');
routes(app);

app.listen(port);

And when I use posman to post/get, I get no response from the server (on a correct key-value) although localhost:27017 is running and I created a Tododb db using Robo 3T. But when I don't enter any key/value in postman, I get a response. Am I missing something? All addresses are correct.

.createConnection() does not actually "connect". You need to initiate the connection. See Connections in the documentation — Neil Lunn
– Neil Lunn, Commented Oct 23, 2017 at 4:05

Pratheesh M · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-23 04:38:12Z

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You can connect to MongoDB with the mongoose.connect() method.

mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/Tododb');

If you don't call mongoose.connect() then mongoose.connection doesn't contain an an open connection. You should be using the return value from your mongo.createConnection() call instead (that you've to saved into db var and use that object).

edited Oct 23, 2017 at 4:38

answered Oct 23, 2017 at 4:18

Pratheesh M

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Hyacinth Bracken Over a year ago

Thanks! Mongodb was prompting a deprecation warning and I removed the .connect command. My bad.

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