second commit

server/package.json

@@ -3,17 +3,18 @@
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "Dummy university web site project.",
   "main": "app.js",
-
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
   },
+
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://www.github.com/amarjha01"
   },
   "author": "amar",
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
+    "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
     "ejs": "^3.1.10",
     "express": "^4.19.2",
     "mongoose": "^8.3.3"

server/src/.env

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MONGODB_URI=mongodb+srv://amarjha880:[email protected]/collegeDB

server/src/db/conn.js

@@ -3,7 +3,24 @@
 // const mongoose = require('mongoose');
 // mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/collegeDB');
 
+// const mongoose = require('mongoose');
+// mongoose.connect('mongodb+srv://amarjha880:[email protected]/collegeDB', { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true });
+
+// Require the dotenv package to load environment variables from .env file
+require('dotenv').config();
+
 const mongoose = require('mongoose');
-mongoose.connect('mongodb+srv://amarjha880:[email protected]/collegeDB', { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true });
+
+// Retrieve the MongoDB URI from environment variables
+const dbURI = process.env.MONGODB_URI;
+
+// Connect to MongoDB using the URI from environment variables
+mongoose.connect(dbURI, { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true })
+  .then(() => {
+    console.log('Connected to MongoDB');
+  })
+  .catch((error) => {
+    console.error('Error connecting to MongoDB:', error);
+  });
 
 //mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@<cluster-host>/<database-name>?retryWrites=true&w=majority