The `db` Property in Mongoose
Jan 21, 2021
Mongoose provides numerous powerful features, like middleware and validation. But sometimes you want to bypass Mongoose and use the MongoDB Node.js driver directly. Mongoose connections have a db property that let you access the MongoDB driver's db handle:
// Connect to a MongoDB server running on 'localhost:27017' and use the
// 'test' database.
await mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/test', {
useNewUrlParser: true // Boilerplate for Mongoose 5.x
});
// Get the current db's profiling level using:
// http://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/3.6/api/Db.html#profilingLevel
// Mongoose doesn't support getting the profiling level.
const profilingLevel = await mongoose.connection.db.profilingLevel();
profilingLevel; // 'off'The db property is usually enough, but there are some cases where you need the MongoClient instance instead of the db handle.
// Get another db's profiling level using:
// http://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/3.6/api/Db.html#profilingLevel
// Mongoose doesn't support getting the profiling level.
const client = mongoose.connection.getClient();
const profilingLevel = await client.db('otherdb').profilingLevel();
profilingLevel; // 'off'
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