node.js and mongolab on heroku

gistfile1.txt

  // Get the connection uri and set it up for processing
  var uri = process.env.MONGOLAB_URI;
  var uri = uri.slice(uri.indexOf('/')+1);
  
  var user = uri.substring(1, uri.indexOf(':'));
  var pass = uri.substring(uri.indexOf(':')+1, uri.indexOf("@"));
  var dbName = uri.substring(uri.lastIndexOf("/")+1);
  var port = uri.substring(uri.lastIndexOf(":") + 1, uri.lastIndexOf("/"));
  var host = uri.substring(uri.lastIndexOf("@") + 1, uri.lastIndexOf(":"));