Stuck at Install and Setup Mongoose

JavaScript
1

Hello,
I’ve been quite stumped on this second step for Install and Setup Mongoose,

  • “mongoose” should be connected to a database
    I’ve been unable to solve it for a while.
    What should I do first?
    myApp.js that matters right now:
require('dotenv').config();
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
mongoose.connect(process.env.MONGO_URI);

dependencies of package.json:

"dependencies": {
    "body-parser": "^1.15.2",
    "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
    "express": "^4.12.4",
    "mongodb": "^3.3.2",
    "mongoose": "^5.11.15"
  }

.env:
MONGO_URI="^3.3.2"

Links:

Please let me know if I need to add anything else, and respond simply and as soon or as late as you want.

2

do again the stepts to get the URI, this is not a correct one for sure

3

Alright, I’ll do that.

4

also when you ask for help, a link to the challenge would be great

5

Oh, sorry. I’ll do that now.

6

and when you find the correct URI, don’t share it, it’s a secret password needed to get to your database

7

I ran out of credits, so I’m just going to work on other things on the forum for now. Hopefully, this conversation will start again around next month.

8

Hello again, @ILM. I got myself some more credits, so I started working again. UPDATE: I was able to fix that error, but now able to fix that error, but now a new one shows up:
Error: Invalid schema, expected mongodb or mongodb+srv
What is wrong with my code?
sample.env:
MONGO_URI="mongodb+srv://<db_username>:<db_password>@goofy-goober.y94jf.mongodb.net/"
package.json:

{
  "name": "fcc-mongo-mongoose-challenges",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "A boilerplate project",
  "main": "server.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node server.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "body-parser": "^1.15.2",
    "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
    "express": "^4.12.4",
    "mongoose": "^5.11.15"
  },
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/boilerplate-mongomongoose.git"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "node",
    "mongoose",
    "express"
  ],
  "license": "MIT"
}

myApp.js that matters:

require('dotenv').config();
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
mongoose.connect("process.env.MONGO_URI");
9

did you create an .env file from this adding the correct URI?

10

No… It was just there. I’ll make one right now. UPDATE: I made one, yet the error is still there.

11

you are missing the second argument, check again challenge instructions

12

Actually, I did add it, I just didn’t know what to do with it.
mongoose.connect("process.env.MONGO_URI", { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true });
Sorry for replying so late.

13

why the first argument has become a literal string?

oh, it was even earlier, my bad to look at code when I should sleep

14

Good morning @ILM. It’s fine. It happens with everybody, when they’re extremely tired, they see something that’s not real at some point… At least, I hope.