start-mongodb

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A utility to start a local MongoDB instance if not already running and then connect to it using the native MongoDB Node.js driver. Version 1.0.9 is the latest stable release. This package provides a simple chainable API: start() spawns mongod, then connect() returns a MongoClient promise. It does not handle MongoDB installation—requires pre-installed mongod. Low maintenance, niche use case.

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npm install start-mongodb

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start-mongodb

databasejavascriptv1.0.9

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Install & Compatibility

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Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

start-mongodb

✓ const mongodb = require('start-mongodb');

✗ import mongodb from 'start-mongodb';

Package provides CommonJS exports only; ESM import not supported.

start

✓ mongodb.start(path)

✗ start(path)

start() is a method on the default export, not a named export.

connect

✓ mongodb.start(path).connect(uri)

✗ mongodb.connect(uri) without start()

connect() must be chained after start() to ensure mongod is running.

Shows how to start mongod via path and connect, then perform a count query.

const mongodb = require('start-mongodb'); const path = process.env.DB_PATH || 'D:/MongoDB/data/mydb'; const uri = process.env.MONGO_URI || 'mongodb://localhost:27017'; mongodb.start(path) .connect(uri) .then(async (client) => { const db = client.db('mydb'); const count = await db.collection('news').countDocuments(); console.log('Document count:', count); await client.close(); }) .catch(err => console.error('Error:', err));

Debug

Known issues

gotchaPackage does not install MongoDB; requires pre-installed mongod binary.

fix

Install MongoDB separately from https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/community.

affects: >=0.0.0

gotchastart() spawns mongod with '--dbpath' argument; ensure path exists and is writable.

fix

Create the data directory before calling start().

affects: >=0.0.0

gotchaThe package uses child_process.spawn; may have issues on Windows if mongod not in PATH.

fix

Specify full path to mongod or add to PATH environment variable.

affects: >=0.0.0

Errors

Common errors & fixes

MongoDB not found. Please install MongoDB and add it to your PATH.

mongod binary not detected in PATH.

fix

Install MongoDB and ensure the 'bin' directory is in PATH, or provide the full path to start().

dbpath (/path/to/data) does not exist. Create the directory and retry.

The directory passed to start() does not exist.

fix

Create the directory: mkdir -p /path/to/data (or on Windows: mkdir D:\MongoDB\data\mydb).

connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017

MongoDB not running or not started by start() before connect().

fix

Ensure you chain .start() before .connect() and wait for the promise to resolve.

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Version history

1.0.9latest on npm

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Dependencies

mongodbrequiredMongoDB driver for connection and operations

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