Able to insert new author even though have not setup mongodb atlas

[000orion000]

Hi,

I have clone it and running it in Digital Ocean.
I am a bit puzzled that I am able to insert new authors despite
not setting up the connection to atlas.

The code I am referring to is in app.js -
var dev_db_url = 'mongodb+srv://cooluser:coolpassword@cluster0-mbdj7.mongodb.net/local_library?retryWrites=true'

Thanks in advance...

[hamishwillee]

See the following lines:

var dev_db_url = 'mongodb+srv://cooluser:coolpassword@cluster0-mbdj7.mongodb.net/local_library?retryWrites=true'
var mongoDB = process.env.MONGODB_URI || dev_db_url;
mongoose.connect(mongoDB, { useNewUrlParser: true });

Mongoose connects through to that database by default using the specified URL. It is a "real" URL that I setup.

Hope that answers your question.