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Install​

Install the official mongodb native driver for Node.js.

npm install mongodb --save

Create database​

/src/create-database.js
const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb');

// Replace the uri string with your connection string.
const uri = 'mongodb+srv://<user>:<password>@<cluster-url>?retryWrites=true&w=majority';
const client = new MongoClient(uri);
async function run() {
    try {
        const database = client.db('learndb');
        const books = database.collection('books');
        // Query for a book that has the title 'Learn MongoDB'
        const query = { title: 'Learn MongoDB' };
        const book = await books.findOne(query);
        console.log(book);
    } finally {
        // Ensures that the client will close when you finish/error
        await client.close();
    }
}
run().catch(console.dir);

Create collection​

/src/create-collection.js
const mongodb = require('mongodb');

Run program​

node .\index.js

Github​

Download full source code at LearnCodeNow-dev/Learn-MongoDB