📜 README for backend-mongodb-setup

📌 About

backend-mongodb-setup is an NPM package that helps set up MongoDB connection in a Node.js backend.

🚀 Installation

Run the following command inside your backend project:

1npx backend-mongodb-setup

📌 What This Package Does

1️⃣ Creates a src/config/database.js file.
2️⃣ Ensures .env contains MongoDB connection string.
3️⃣ Connects MongoDB using Mongoose.

📝 database.js

1const mongoose = require('mongoose');
2require('dotenv').config();
3
4const connectDB = async () => {
5  try {
6    await mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGO_URI, {
7      useNewUrlParser: true,
8      useUnifiedTopology: true,
9    });
10    console.log('✅ MongoDB Connected');
11  } catch (error) {
12    console.error('❌ MongoDB Connection Error:', error);
13    process.exit(1);
14  }
15};
16
17module.exports = connectDB;

🔧 Updates .env File

If .env already exists, it updates it without removing existing data.

MONGO_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/mydatabase

✅ Features

✔ Handles MongoDB connection setup
✔ Automatically updates .env file
✔ Uses Mongoose for easy database interactions