Mongoose.js: get mongo db name/url from model instance

Question

I create mongoose.js model:

db = mongoose.createConnection(mongoUrl)

model = db.model('Model', schema)

can I get mongoUrl (or server and DB name) from model?

db.name, mongoose.connection.name, or mongoose.connections[0].name also work — laggingreflex
– laggingreflex, Commented Oct 1, 2015 at 20:59
Confirming this works ^, see: mongoosejs.com/docs/api.html#connection_Connection-name — user1063287
– user1063287, Commented May 7, 2018 at 13:18

theabraham · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-08 02:44:25Z

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Yeah, you can reference the original DB connection through model.db. So you can get all the connection information you need like this:

console.log(model.db.host); // localhost
console.log(model.db.port); // 27017
console.log(model.db.name); // myDatabase

answered Dec 8, 2012 at 2:44

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Alexander Mills Over a year ago

cool, that worked for me. Is there a way to get the connection url information, without pointing to a specific model, but getting it from require(''mongoose") somehow?

Erik B Over a year ago

@AlexanderMills, I know this is a bit late, but yes, mongoose.connection will be the same as model.db as long as your model is using the default connection, which it most probably is.

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