MongoError: auth failed mongoose connection string

Question

I can connect to the DB through terminal, but getting this error using mongoose and gulp. mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/connection/base.js:246 MongoError: auth

Answer 1

mongoose.connect("mongodb://[host]/[db]", { auth:{

    authdb: "admin",
    user: [username],
    password: [pw]

}}).then(function(db){

    // do whatever you want

    mongoose.connection.close() // close db

})