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MongoError: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND undefined undefined:27017

So I'm working my way though the Getting Mean book from Manning and following the steps in Chapter 5 I'm trying to use a db on Mongolab as an add-on to Heroku. When I run this code (both locally and on Heroku) it returns this error:

MongoError: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND undefined undefined:27017

This is my current code:

var mongoose = require('mongoose');

var dbURI = "mongodb://localhost/loc8r";
if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
    dbURI = process.env.MONGOLAB_URI;
}
mongoose.connect(dbURI);

Troubleshooting I started the app from the terminal with:

NODE_ENV=production MONGOLAB_URI=/*my mongo uri here*/

with that it runs fine locally. So I'm not sure where the issue is coming from. Any suggestions for troubleshooting the error listed?

Solution

  • So I'm not sure what part of this process fixed the issue but I completely removed/deleted the mongolab addon from Heroku. Then I added it back on and performed the same exact steps with the same code and it worked!

    Thanks for everyone who was helping out!