Connection Management

This section covers all aspects of connecting to MongoDB with gmsv_mongo.

Overview

gmsv_mongo provides two methods for creating connections:

MongoDB.Client() - Simple connection with default settings
MongoDB.ClientWithOptions() - Advanced connection with custom options

Connection Lifecycle

-- 1. Create connection
local client = MongoDB.Client("mongodb://localhost:27017")

-- 2. Use connection for operations
local db = client:Database("mydb")
local collection = db:Collection("mycollection")

-- 3. Connection is managed automatically
-- No explicit close/disconnect needed

Quick Reference

Method	Description	Returns
`MongoDB.Client(uri)`	Create basic connection	MongoDBClient or nil
`MongoDB.ClientWithOptions(uri, options)`	Create connection with options	MongoDBClient or nil
`client:Database(name)`	Get database reference	MongoDBDatabase
`client:ListDatabases()`	List all databases	table of strings

Topics

Basic Connection

Simple connection setup and usage

Connection Options

Advanced connection configuration

Database Operations

Working with databases

First Steps

Write your first MongoDB operations with gmsv_mongo

Basic Connection

Create simple MongoDB connections