Mongo Client Example

mongoclientexample.js

var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var mongo_url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/mydbname"

MongoClient.connect(settings.application_settings.mongo_url, function(err, db_client) {
  var mongo_collection = db_client.collection("a_collection_name");
  
  // Insert empty object { }  or whatever you want
  mongo_collection.insert({ }, function(err, result) {
      // handle err and result
  })
})