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://[usr]:[pwd]@localhost:[port]/[db]",{ authSource: 'admin', useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true });

I was getting same error. Resolved by adding authSource option to connect function solved the issue. see above code.