CODEWITHSUNDEEP
node.jsmongodbexpressherokumongoose
Parch
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Reputation: 17

Connect app locally to local Mongo db and on heroku to Mongo Atlas

I am trying to do the following:

So far I have only connected it to Mongo Atlas and I dont know how to do both of them at the same time.

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 65

Answers (1)

pingPong
pingPong

Reputation: 26

Use enviroment varialbles.
Define env variables in your project using .env.
e.g in .env file use

DEVELOPMENT=true

and check if it's local or Heroku

if (process.env.DEVELOPMENT) {
 conenctToLocalDB();
}else{
  connectToAtlas();
}

Upvotes: 1

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