Problem

If for some reason, a developer wanted direct access to a MongoDB collection, they would have to type the following code to do so:

function QueryPlants() {
  // Get currently logged in user
  const user = useUser();

  const getPlantByName = async (name: string) => {
    // Access linked MongoDB collection
    const mongodb = user!.mongoClient('mongodb-atlas');
    const plants = mongodb.db('example').collection<Plant>('plants');
    // Query the collection
    const response = await plants.findOne({name});

    return response;
  };
  // ...
}

Solution

This could be abstracted into a single hook:

  const plants = useMongoDb({cluster: 'mongodb-atlas', db: 'example', collection: 'plants'});

Under the hood, the hook could register a collection watcher, to update when anything changes.

Alternatives

The above is just a suggestion of what could be possible, but in practice, there could be something better or more ergonomic. A bit of design and research should be done to determine the best path forward.

How important is this improvement for you?

Would be a major improvement

Feature would mainly be used with

Atlas App Services: Auth or Functions etc