Authentication fails when not adding database name at the end of uri

[StephaneColson]

Hi,

I have an issue when passing a password with a character '?' needing to be percent encoded (as specified in https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/connection-string/)

When using this in cypress.config.ts with escaped '?'

mongodb: {        
	uri: 'mongodb://myLogin:passwd%3F1234@server.interne.fr',
        database: 'mydatabase',
        collection: 'mycollection',
      },

I get error authentication failed when using cy.mindMany

When using this in cypress.config.ts with unescaped '?'

      mongodb: {
        uri: 'mongodb://myLogin:passwd?1234@server.interne.fr',
        database: 'mydatabase',
        collection: 'mycollection',
      },

I get error Password contains unescaped characters when using cy.mindMany

I can connect to the mongodb using Studio 3T with no problem:

Environment:

• Cypress: 12.8.1
• cypress-mongodb: 5.3.0
• TypeScript: 4.9.5
• mongoDB: 5.0.6

Is escaping of chars in password supported?
Thx

[StephaneColson]

I finally managed to make it work by adding database name at the end of uri like this

      mongodb: {
        uri: 'mongodb://myLogin:passwd%3F1234@server.interne.fr/mydatabase',
        database: 'mydatabase',
        collection: 'mycollection',
      },

Is it me that missed something in the documentation?

[Zaista]

Hi, I do not think you did anything wrong, I'll have to investigate. Thank you for posting a workaround in the meantime

[StephaneColson]

I don't know (neither understand) why, but it's working without the workaround. Maybe that the mongodb configuration (or version) changed.
So this ticket can be closed.