Using the native 'mongodb' npm package, I'm receiving
Error: connection closed due to parseError
When making a very basic query:
collections.myCollection.findOne({id: someID}, function (err, repo) {
...
})
The weird thing is, the exact same query has run before. Types are identical for each query, etc.
Answering my own question to hopefully stop the next person from tearing their hair out:
As noted here, this error message is useless and doesn't relate to the actual problem. The production Mongo driver throws away all errors in a catch block.
To find what the error actually is:
open your node_modules/mongodb
find server.js
look for mongoReply.parseBody
log the err
to see something actually useful.
In my case:
ReferenceError: collection is not defined
Edit: Node MongoDB native 1.4 is now stable, and includes a fix to this bug.
For people who are using mongoose instead mongodb can check in the following location for the same.
/node_modules/mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/connection