mongobox.js

Start and stop a sandboxed instance of MongoDB from within a node.js application. Extremely useful for unit tests and no mocks of database required. The sandboxed MongoDB instance will run on a free port alongside other instances and will create files in a temporary directory that will be removed after the process exits.

var MongoBox = require('mongobox').MongoBox;

var options = {};
var mongobox = new MongoBox(options);

mongobox.start(function(err) {
    if (err) return console.error('Could not start the database: %s', err);
    mongobox.stop(function(err, code) {
        if (err) return console.error('Could not stop: %s',err);
        console.log('Stopped with code %s', code);
    });
});

Constructor options are:

• databasePath - temporary path for the database files. Will be created if it does not exist. By default a random temporary directory will be created.
• mongodBinary - location of the mongod binary. By default the one from system PATH is used.
• port - port to use. By default a random free port will be chosen.
• auth - mongod's --auth command line value.
• scripting - removes mongod's --noscripting enabled by default.
• prealloc - removes mongod's --noprealloc enabled by default.

var mongobox = new MongoBox({port:1337, databasePath: '/tmp/foobar'});