How to connect to MongoHQ with Node + node-mongodb-native

connect_mongohq_node.js

/**
 * To get all the info to login, sign into your MongoHQ account, go to the db you want,
 * click the "Database Info" tab, then look for the line that looks like:
 * -------------------------------------------------------------
 * mongodb://<user>:<password>@staff.mongohq.com:10056/node-test
 * ---------|     |-|        |------------------|    |-|       |
 *           USER    PASSWORD                    PORT   DB NAME
 *
 * ALSO, for testing, you should manually add a document and collection into MongoHQ
 * from their "Add a Collection" > "Add a Document" links, then below we'll log it.
 */

//If you haven't already, install the mongodb package w/ npm install mongodb
var mongodb = require('mongodb');
var db;

//The 10056 is the port!
db = new mongodb.Db('example-db', new mongodb.Server('staff.mongohq.com', 10056, {auto_reconnect:true}), {});

db.open(function(err, p_client) {
  //Notice the USERNAME and PASSWORD!
  db.authenticate('USERNAME', 'PASSWORD', function(err) {
   //Change error handler when going into production 
   if (err) console.log(err);
    
    var collection = new mongodb.Collection(db, 'test_collection');
    collection.find({}, {limit:10}).toArray(function(err, docs) {
      //In an array, this will log all your documents you added before we tested this
      console.dir(docs);
    });
  });
});

cc: @wesley-pipes