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Created April 5, 2013 10:57
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MongoDb singleton connection in NodeJs
var Db = require('mongodb').Db;
var Connection = require('mongodb').Connection;
var Server = require('mongodb').Server;
//the MongoDB connection
var connectionInstance;
module.exports = function(callback) {
//if already we have a connection, don't connect to database again
if (connectionInstance) {
callback(connectionInstance);
return;
}
var db = new Db('your-db', new Server("127.0.0.1", Connection.DEFAULT_PORT, { auto_reconnect: true }));
db.open(function(error, databaseConnection) {
if (error) throw new Error(error);
connectionInstance = databaseConnection;
callback(databaseConnection);
});
};
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afshinm commented Apr 5, 2013

Nice one @jfromaniello.

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