db.collection is not a function when using MongoCl

Question

I have been trying W3schools tutorial on nodeJS with MongoDB.

When I try to implement this example in a nodeJS environment and invoke the function with an AJAX call, I got the error below:

TypeError: db.collection is not a function
    at c:\Users\user\Desktop\Web Project\WebService.JS:79:14
    at args.push (c:\Users\user\node_modules\mongodb\lib\utils.js:431:72)
    at c:\Users\user\node_modules\mongodb\lib\mongo_client.js:254:5
    at connectCallback (c:\Users\user\node_modules\mongodb\lib\mongo_client.js:933:5)
    at c:\Users\user\node_modules\mongodb\lib\mongo_client.js:794:11
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:73:7)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:104:9)

Please find below my implemented code:

var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/mytestingdb";

MongoClient.connect(url, function(err, db) {
  if (err) throw err;
  db.collection("customers").findOne({}, function(err, result) {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log(result.name);
    db.close();
  });
});

Note that the error occurs whenever the execution hits:

db.collection("customers").findOne({}, function(err, result) {}

Also, note (in case it matters) that I have installed the latest MongoDB package for node JS (npm install mongodb), and the MongoDB version is MongoDB Enterprise 3.4.4, with MongoDB Node.js driver v3.0.0-rc0.

Answer 1

I encountered the same thing. In package.json, change mongodb line to "mongodb": "^2.2.33". You will need to npm uninstall mongodb; then npm install to install this version.

This resolved the issue for me. Seems to be a bug or docs need to be updated.