How to access a preexisting collection with Mongoose?

Question

I have a large collection of 300 question objects in a database test. I can interact with this collection easily through MongoDB\'s interactive she

Answer 1

Are you sure you've connected to the db? (I ask because I don't see a port specified)

try:

mongoose.connection.on("open", function(){
  console.log("mongodb is connected!!");
});

Also, you can do a "show collections" in mongo shell to see the collections within your db - maybe try adding a record via mongoose and see where it ends up?

From the look of your connection string, you should see the record in the "test" db.

Hope it helps!