What is best way to handle global connection of Mongodb in NodeJs

Another more straightforward method is to utilise Express's built in feature to share data between routes and modules within your app. There is an object called app.locals. We can attach properties to it and access it from inside our routes. To use it instantiate your mongo connection in your app.js file.

var app = express();

MongoClient.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/')
.then(client =>{
  const db = client.db('your-db');
  const collection = db.collection('your-collection');
  app.locals.collection = collection;
});
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              // view engine setup
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));

This database connection, or indeed any other data you wish to share around the modules of you can now be accessed within your routes with req.app.locals as below without the need for creating and requiring additional modules.

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  const collection = req.app.locals.collection;
  collection.find({}).toArray()
  .then(response => res.status(200).json(response))
  .catch(error => console.error(error));
});

This method ensures that you have a database connection open for the duration of your app unless you choose to close it at any time. It's easily accessible with req.app.locals.your-collection and doesn't require creation of any additional modules.

Create a Connection singleton module to manage the apps database connection.

MongoClient does not provide a singleton connection pool so you don't want to call MongoClient.connect() repeatedly in your app. A singleton class to wrap the mongo client works for most apps I've seen.

const MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient

class Connection {

    static async open() {
        if (this.db) return this.db
        this.db = await MongoClient.connect(this.url, this.options)
        return this.db
    }

}

Connection.db = null
Connection.url = 'mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/test_db'
Connection.options = {
    bufferMaxEntries:   0,
    reconnectTries:     5000,
    useNewUrlParser:    true,
    useUnifiedTopology: true,
}

module.exports = { Connection }

Everywhere you require('./Connection'), the Connection.open() method will be available, as will the Connection.db property if it has been initialised.

const router = require('express').Router()
const { Connection } = require('../lib/Connection.js')

// This should go in the app/server setup, and waited for.
Connection.open()

router.get('/files', async (req, res) => {
   try {
     const files = await Connection.db.collection('files').find({})
     res.json({ files })
   }
   catch (error) {
     res.status(500).json({ error })
   }
})

module.exports = router