MongoNetworkError: failed to connect to server [localhost:27017] on first connect [MongoNetworkError: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017]

Question

I\'m new in nodeJS, started learning by following a trailer on youtube, everything goes well until I added the connect function if mongodb,

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Answer 1

just run mongod in terminal on the base folder if everything has been set up like installing mongo db and the client for it like mongoose. After running the command run the project file that you are working on and then the error shouldn't appear.