Load MongoDB from dump

[veered]

I'd like to be able to load fixtures generated by mongodump for my tests to use. Any idea what the best way to do this is?

[apendua]

This is a good idea. Actually, I've been already thinking about adding this feature.

[veered]

Is there a way of doing that now? Or at least connecting to an existing database for tests instead of provisioning a new one?

[apendua]

@veered You can try passing mongoUrl parameter to the meteor() function, something like:

var server = meteor({
   mongoUrl: 'mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/myDatabase'
});

Please let me know if it helps.

[veered]

I tried that syntax and it appears that Gagarin still creates a new database. What part of the codebase should I be looking at to figure this out?

[apendua]

Here:

https://github.com/anticoders/gagarin/blob/master/lib/meteor/index.js#L37

and here:

https://github.com/anticoders/gagarin/blob/master/lib/meteor/index.js#L168

[veered]

Looks like we need to pass in mongoUrl to makeMongoDB in interface.js. That did the trick for me. I would guess that dbPath used to be the correct option but was changed during a refactor.

[veered]

Would you like for me to open up a pull request?

[apendua]

@veered Yes, please.

[veered]

Here's the pull request #160

[apendua]

@veered Thanks! I will look into this.

[woleEkanola]

How do I load mongo db from dump?