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Mongo()

Mongo()

JavaScript constructor to instantiate a database connection from the mongo shell or from a JavaScript file.

Parameters:

• host (string) –

  Optional. Either in the form of <host> or <host><:port>.

  • Pass the <host> parameter to the constructor to instantiate a connection to the <host> and the default port.
  • Pass the <host><:port> parameter to the constructor to instantiate a connection to the <host> and the <port>.

  Use the constructor without a parameter to instantiate a connection to the localhost interface on the default port.

See also

Mongo.getDB()

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