Properly close mongoose's connection once you're done

Question

I\'m using mongoose in a script that is not meant to run continuously, and I\'m facing what seems to be a very simple issue yet I can\'t find an answer; simply put once I ma

Answer 1

I'm using version 4.4.2 and none of the other answers worked for me. But adding useMongoClient to the options and putting it into a variable that you call close on seemed to work.

var db = mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/somedb', { useMongoClient: true })

//do stuff

db.close()

Answer 2

You will get an error if you try to close/disconnect outside of the method. The best solution is to close the connection in both callbacks in the method. The dummy code is here.

const newTodo = new Todo({text:'cook dinner'});

newTodo.save().then((docs) => {
  console.log('todo saved',docs);
  mongoose.connection.close();
},(e) => {
  console.log('unable to save');
});

Answer 3

Just as Jake Wilson said: You can set the connection to a variable then disconnect it when you are done:

let db;
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/somedb').then((dbConnection)=>{
    db = dbConnection;
    afterwards();
});


function afterwards(){

    //do stuff

    db.disconnect();
}

or if inside Async function:

(async ()=>{
    const db = await mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/somedb', { useMongoClient: 
                  true })

    //do stuff

    db.disconnect()
})

otherwise when i was checking it in my environment it has an error.

Answer 4

You can close the connection with

mongoose.connection.close()

Answer 5

Probably you have this:

const db = mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/db');

// Do some stuff

db.disconnect();

but you can also have something like this:

mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/db');

const model = mongoose.model('Model', ModelSchema);

model.find().then(doc => {
  console.log(doc);
}

you cannot call db.disconnect() but you can close the connection after you use it.

model.find().then(doc => {
  console.log(doc);
}).then(() => {
  mongoose.connection.close();
});

Answer 6

You can set the connection to a variable then disconnect it when you are done:

var db = mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/somedb');

// Do some stuff

db.disconnect();