MongoDB and Mongoose - Install and Set Up Mongoose error. "mongoose" should be connected to a database

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Hello everyone. I am stucked at this challange. I have created a database on MongoDB, and did everything they asked me. However I can’t find the error.
The code is the following:

.env file:

# Scrubbed by Glitch 2020-11-02T16:22:50+0000
path=myApp.js:2:11

SECRET=
MADE_WITH=
MONGO_URI=mongodb+srv://trica:<cipolla>@cluster0.ubh7l.mongodb.net/<trica>?retryWrites=true&w=majority

myApp.js:

const mongoose = require("mongoose");
mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGO_URI);

and package.json:

  "name": "fcc-mongo-mongoose-challenges",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "A boilerplate project",
  "main": "server.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node server.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.17.1",
    "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
    "mongodb": "^3.6.1",
    "mongoose": "^5.10.11"
  },
  "engines": {
    "node": "4.4.5"
  },
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://hyperdev.com/#!/project/welcome-project"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "node",
    "hyperdev",
    "express"
  ],
  "license": "MIT"
}

the output is the following:

// running tests
"mongodb" dependency should be in package.json (Test timed out)
"mongoose" should be connected to a database
// tests completed

I have to say that I am absolutely new to MongoDB, but still I can’t figure out what I did wrong. What do you think? I am going to put the glitch link as well (I am using the live App code and not the project page):

Thank you very much!

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Hi, which challenge is this one?

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Welcome, tricabit.

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For this project, I recommend you debug, by console.loging things like:

console.log(process.env.MONGO_URI)

Does this produce what you expect?

Are you sure about the URI you have?

Also, what does the Glitch logs say?

I notice you are not using the options suggested:

mongoose.connect(<Your URI>, { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true });
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it is the first challange from MongoDB and mangoose. API and microservices course!

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Do you have the angle brackets in your password? “< >” or the password is cipolla on it’s own?

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Yes George I do! I just copied the URI from Mongo and replaced the words “password” and “DB name” shall I remove them?

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I think you should remove the angle brackets <> from the URI.

Not sure what you have done there. I am not able to access the project link you have provided, and unfortunately, you are not providing any meaningful logs.

Tried my best.

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thank you very much George!
the problem were the angle brackets!

for those who have the same problem: in the URI you must remove the angle brackets that you get from Mongo site!

in my case:

MONGO_URI="mongodb+srv://trica:cipolla@cluster0.ubh7l.mongodb.net/trica?retryWrites=true&w=majority"
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Nice one mate. Keep coding. Have a look in the logs next time, probably there was a message saying that the credentials are invalid.

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