How do I connect to mongodb with node.js (and authenticate)?

How do I connect to mongodb with node.js?

I have the node-mongodb-native driver.

There's apparently 0 documentation.

Is it something like this?

var mongo = require('mongodb/lib/mongodb'); 
var Db= new mongo.Db( dbname, new mongo.Server( 'mongolab.com', 27017, {}), {}); 

Where do I put the username and the password?

Also how do I insert something?

Thanks.

Per the source:

After connecting:

Db.authenticate(user, password, function(err, res) {
  // callback
});

Everyone should use this source link:

http://mongodb.github.com/node-mongodb-native/contents.html

Answer to the question:

var Db = require('mongodb').Db,
    MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient,
    Server = require('mongodb').Server,
    ReplSetServers = require('mongodb').ReplSetServers,
    ObjectID = require('mongodb').ObjectID,
    Binary = require('mongodb').Binary,
    GridStore = require('mongodb').GridStore,
    Code = require('mongodb').Code,
    BSON = require('mongodb').pure().BSON,
    assert = require('assert');

var db = new Db('integration_tests', new Server("127.0.0.1", 27017,
 {auto_reconnect: false, poolSize: 4}), {w:0, native_parser: false});

// Establish connection to db
db.open(function(err, db) {
  assert.equal(null, err);

  // Add a user to the database
  db.addUser('user', 'name', function(err, result) {
    assert.equal(null, err);

    // Authenticate
    db.authenticate('user', 'name', function(err, result) {
      assert.equal(true, result);

      db.close();
    });
  });
});

var mongo = require('mongodb');
var MongoClient = mongo.MongoClient;    
MongoClient.connect('mongodb://'+DATABASEUSERNAME+':'+DATABASEPASSWORD+'@'+DATABASEHOST+':'DATABASEPORT+'/'+DATABASENAME,function(err, db){  
      if(err) 
        console.log(err);
      else
      {
        console.log('Mongo Conn....');

      }
    });
//for local server 
//in local server DBPASSWOAD and DBusername not required
MongoClient.connect('mongodb://'+DATABASEHOST+':'+DATABASEPORT+'/'+DATABASENAME,function(err, db){  
      if(err) 
        console.log(err);
      else
      {
        console.log('Mongo Conn....');

      }
    });

I find using a Mongo url handy. I store the URL in an environment variable and use that to configure servers whilst the development version uses a default url with no password.

The URL has the form:

export MONGODB_DATABASE_URL=mongodb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@DBHOST:DBPORT/DBNAME

Code to connect this way:

var DATABASE_URL = process.env.MONGODB_DATABASE_URL || mongodb.DEFAULT_URL;

mongo_connect(DATABASE_URL, mongodb_server_options, 
      function(err, db) { 

          if(db && !err) {
          console.log("connected to mongodb" + " " + lobby_db);
          }
          else if(err) {
          console.log("NOT connected to mongodb " + err + " " + lobby_db);
          }
      });