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Discussion on: How to connect to MongoDB Atlas using Node.js

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sdutta099

Is it a good practice to provide mongo admin password in app.js ? as if i push the code to git it might give warning . Btw i am new to node js. if not then what is best way to provide the password of admin in mongo url ?

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Rohit Dalal

you can pass the credentials via environment variables and make sure you don't push that to git. something like is used in production

const url="..<process.env.USERNAME>&<process.env.PASSWORD>";
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added this just for demo purpose ;)

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sdutta099

thanks a lot for the reply yes i tried using above step only