How to get user info from mongodb in node.js

Question

Totally new to mongo, I\'ve been checking examples for hours, Trying to check if a user exists in this collection:

{ \"name\" : \"chrispy\", \"pass\" : \"xxxx\",         


        

Answer 1

So here are the changes before it started to work, removed var Doc = , and closed the db only after function within findOne() is fired, else it closes the DB before the result.

var name = 'chrispy';
var pass = '';

console.log("About to check for name and pw");
Mongo.connect('mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/main', function(err, db) {
if(err) throw err;
var collection = db.collection('users');

// does user exist
collection.findOne({name : name}, function(err,doc){
    if(err) throw err;
    if(doc)
        console.log("Found: "+name+", pass="+doc.pass);
    else
        console.log("Not found: "+name);
    db.close();
});

});