Warning on Connecting to MongoDB with a Node server

I got the same error and resolved using the below template.

var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient

const client = new MongoClient(uri, {useUnifiedTopology: true});

client.connect().then((client)=>{
    var db = client.db('db_name')
    db.collection('collection_name').find().toArray(function (err, result) {
        if (err) throw err
        console.log(result);
    })
})

This worked for me. and now it's not showing any DepricationWarning.


I want to add to this thread that it may also have to do with other dependencies.

For instance, nothing I updated or set for NodeJS, MongoDB or Mongoose were the issue - however - connect-mongodb-session had been updated and starting slinging the same error. The solution, in this case, was to simply rollback the version of connect-mongodb-session from version 2.3.0 to 2.2.0.

UPDATE: The issue is now fixed in [email protected].

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My advice is to leave it as it is (maybe place a warning). The useUnifiedTopology: true option does not work correctly.

More precisely, in the event of a loss of connection to the DBMS, it will never be restored. Current version 3.3.3 does not solve this problem.

Check this


Check your mongo version

 mongo --version

If you are using version >= 3.1.0 change you mongo connection file to ->

 MongoClient.connect("mongodb://localhost:27017/YourDB", {
   useNewUrlParser: true,
   useUnifiedTopology: true
 })

For details about the useUnifiedTopology option added in 3.2.1, see https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/releases/tag/v3.2.1