example of connecting to mongo from node

admin/example.js

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+/* 
+
+   This documents some of the user db and just some straight forward
+   node/mongo nonsense I keep forgetting.
+
+
+   To make this work with npm and shit on a running marmalade vm:
+
+    PATH=$NODEROOT/bin:$PATH
+    cd ~/.node_modules/marmalade
+    node
+*/
+
+// specify a username to find
+var username_to_find = "someuser";
+var mongo = require("mongodb");
+var server=new mongo.Server("localhost", m.Connection.DEFAULT_PORT, {});
+var mdb = new m.Db("marmalade", ms).open(
+  function (err, db) { 
+    db.collection(
+      "users", 
+      function (err, users_col) {
+        colusers.findOne(
+          { "name": username_to_find },
+          function (err, user) {
+            console.log(user.digest);
+          }
+        );
+      }
+    )
+  }
+);
+
+/* Ends */