Working with MongoDB

By default Frontless is configured to use MongoDB, however advanced users can use any database of choice. In order to run default Frontless distribution you need a running MongoDB instance whether on localhost or remote. For this tutorial I recomend to use free plan on cloud.mongodb.com.

DB Configuration

Open config -> environ.env and add MONGO_DATABASE and MONGODB_URI variables for accessing your mongo instance:

MONGO_DATABASE=test
MONGODB_URI=mongodb+srv://user:password@cluster0-fffff.mongodb.net/microtw?retryWrites=true

Accessing MongoDB

There are two ways to acess the storage in Frontless:

Using Mongo Driver:

const {MONGO_DATABASE} = process.env
export default (app, mongo) => {
  const Todos = mongo.db(MONGO_DATABASE).collection('todos')
  app.use('signup', {
    async get(id) {
      const todo = await Todos.findOne({id,})
      return todo
    },
  })
}

Using Feathers MongoDB

const {MONGO_DATABASE} = process.env
export default (app, mongo) => {
  const Todos = mongo.db(MONGO_DATABASE).collection('todos')
  app.use('/messages', service({ Todos, events, paginate }));
}

Cunsult Feathers Common DB Adapter API

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