const { MongoClient } = require("mongodb");
const uri = "yourUri...";
const databaseName = "yourDBName";
MongoClient.connect(uri, { useNewUrlParser: true }, (error, client) => {
if (error) {
return console.log("Connection failed for some reason");
}
console.log("Connection established - All well");
const db = client.db(databaseName);
});
//Just add this line of code and client.connect and
//-other dot functions will work
var mongo = require('mongodb').MongoClient;