Mongo.getDB()¶

Mongo.getDB(<database>)¶

Mongo.getDB() provides access to database objects from the mongo shell or from a JavaScript file.

Parameters:	database (string) – The name of the database to access.

The following example instantiates a new connection to the MongoDB instance running on the localhost interface and returns a reference to "myDatabase":

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db = new Mongo().getDB("myDatabase");