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Mongoose and multiple database in single node.js project


I'm doing a Node.js project that contains sub projects. One sub project will have one Mongodb database and Mongoose will be use for wrapping and querying db. But the problem is

I want to know is there anyways to use multiple database with mongoose or any workaround for this problem? Because I think mongoose is quite easy and fast. Or any other modules as recommendations?


Solution

  • One thing you can do is, you might have subfolders for each projects. So, install mongoose in that subfolders and require() mongoose from own folders in each sub applications. Not from the project root or from global. So one sub project, one mongoose installation and one mongoose instance.

    -app_root/
    --foo_app/
    ---db_access.js
    ---foo_db_connect.js
    ---node_modules/
    ----mongoose/
    --bar_app/
    ---db_access.js
    ---bar_db_connect.js
    ---node_modules/
    ----mongoose/
    

    In foo_db_connect.js

    var mongoose = require('mongoose');
    mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/foo_db');
    module.exports = exports = mongoose;
    

    In bar_db_connect.js

    var mongoose = require('mongoose');
    mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/bar_db');
    module.exports = exports = mongoose;
    

    In db_access.js files

    var mongoose = require("./foo_db_connect.js"); // bar_db_connect.js for bar app
    

    Now, you can access multiple databases with mongoose.