Node.js MongoDB Create Collection
MongoDB is a NoSQL database so data is stored in collection instead of table. createCollection method is used to create a collection in MongoDB.
Example
Create a collection named "employees".
Create a js file named "employees.js", having the following data:
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- var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
- var url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/ MongoDatabase";
- MongoClient.connect(url, function(err, db) {
- if (err) throw err;
- db.createCollection("employees", function(err, res) {
- if (err) throw err;
- console.log("Collection is created!");
- db.close();
- });
- });
Open the command terminal and run the following command:
- Node employees.js
Now the collection is created.
