- Install Mongoose using npm:
npm install mongoose
- Require Mongoose in your Node.js application:
const mongoose = require('mongoose');
- Connect to the MongoDB database using Mongoose:
mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/yourDatabaseName', { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true });
- Handling the connection's success and error events:
const db = mongoose.connection;
db.on('error', console.error.bind(console, 'connection error:'));
db.once('open', function () {
// Connected successfully
});