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Roshana Pitigala
Roshana Pitigala

Reputation: 8806

Get datetime from MongoDB Atlas - Node.js

Is there a way to get the MongoDB server datetime using nodejs? Please understand that what I need is not to add the timestamp to a field in a document but to retrieve the date and time from the MongoDB Atlas server to be sent in the nodejs response.

I've tried,

client = new MongoClient(uri, {
    useNewUrlParser: true
});
client.connect().then(function () {
    var ob = client.db("dbname").runCommand({
        serverStatus: 1,
        repl: 1
    });
    res.send(ob);
});

but this gives me,

TypeError: client.db(...).runCommand is not a function

Upvotes: 2

Views: 376

Answers (1)

chridam
chridam

Reputation: 103435

You need to run the command in the admin database and prior to the operation you need to grant a role to the executing user with the serverStatus action 

client = new MongoClient(uri, { useNewUrlParser: true });
client.connect().then(function() {
    const adminDb = client.db("dbName").admin();

    adminDb.serverStatus(function(err, status) {
        res.send(status.localTime);
        client.close();
    });
});

Upvotes: 2

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