Check if MongoDB is connected to MongoDB Atlas

Question

I want to do a text search in MongoDB. In development I use a local mongodb, and in production I use MongoDB Atlas. I want to do a $search Atlas Search if the db I am connected to is MongoDB Atlas. If I'm connected to a local db I want to use $text.

What I've considered

Check the connection uri

If it ends with .mongodb.net, use Atlas Search. If not, use normal text search.

Try using $search, then if error use $text

In production it won't be slow because first it will attempt $search and it will work in production. In development it might be slow because of making an extra failing query every time.

Also

Is there a way of mimicking the Atlas search behavior for a local MongoDB? It's okay if it involves a really slow query but it would be nice to test with same quality text matching as there will be in production.

AFAIK there is no way to use atlas search with local db. `If it ends with .mongodb.net, use Atlas Search.` - you also can look at connection string schema whether it's `mongodb+srv:` or not — dododo, Jul 31 '22 at 01:48

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '22 at 06:38

I would say both of your suggestions are considered anti patterns and I would personally avoid both.

What I would personally do is very similar to your first suggestion but instead of checking the value of the connection string I would just use the process.env.NODE_ENV value, this is considered common practice to use this to separate between your dev staging and prod enviorments.