---
id: 587d7fb6367417b2b2512c06
title: Install and Set Up Mongoose
challengeType: 2
forumTopicId: 301540
---

## Description
<section id='description'>
Add mongodb and mongoose to the project’s package.json. Then require mongoose. Store your MongoDB Atlas database URI in the private <code>.env</code> file as MONGO_URI. Connect to the database using the following syntax:

```js
mongoose.connect(<Your URI>, { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true }); 
```

</section>

<section id='instructions'>

</section>

## Tests
<section id='tests'>

```yml
tests:
  - text: '"mongodb" dependency should be in package.json'
    testString: 'getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput(''url'') + ''/_api/file/package.json'').then(data => { var packJson = JSON.parse(data);     assert.property(packJson.dependencies, ''mongodb''); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })'
  - text: '"mongoose" dependency should be in package.json'
    testString: 'getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput(''url'') + ''/_api/file/package.json'').then(data => { var packJson = JSON.parse(data);     assert.property(packJson.dependencies, ''mongoose''); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })'
  - text: '"mongoose" should be connected to a database'
    testString: 'getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput(''url'') + ''/_api/is-mongoose-ok'').then(data => {assert.isTrue(data.isMongooseOk, ''mongoose is not connected'')}, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })'

```

</section>

## Challenge Seed
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</section>

## Solution
<section id='solution'>

```js
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```

</section>