Node & MongoDB - Create Collection

To create a collection, you can use database.createCollection() method to create a collection.

MongoClient.connect(url, function(error, client) {
   // Connect to the database
   const database = client.db('myDb');  
   // Create the collection
   database.createCollection('sampleCollection');
});

Example

Try the following example to create a mongodb collection −

Copy and paste the following example as mongodb_example.js −

const MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
// Prepare URL
const url = "mongodb://localhost:27017/";
// make a connection to the database
MongoClient.connect(url, function(error, client) {
   if (error) throw error;
   console.log("Connected!");
   // Connect to the database
   const database = client.db('myDb');  
   // Create the collection
   database.createCollection('sampleCollection'); 
   console.log("Collection created.");
   // close the connection
   client.close();
});

Output

Execute the mysql_example.js script using node and verify the output.

node mongodb_example.js
Connected!
Collection created.