Cannot access mongodb through browser - It looks like you are trying to access MongoDB over HTTP on the native driver port

Question

I open terminal and enter the following commands

sudo mongod 

which then outputs

[initandlisten] waiting for connections on port 27017 

I open another terminal and enter

sudo mongo 

which open the mongo shell and prompts for mongo commands, but when I go to localhost/27017 I receive the following message:

It looks like you are trying to access MongoDB over HTTP on the native driver port. 

I created a simple nodejs application using express and when I POST data it seems the mongodb gets hung up. This is the message which I receive in the terminal in which I start my express application and the page never posts the data. So I believe the problem lies within mongo but I cannot figure it out.

POST /info 200 120002ms 

Here is my express code

var Info = require('../models/info'); var path = require('path'); var fs = require('fs'); var join = path.join;  exports.form = function(req,res){      res.render('info', {         myName: 'Michael'     }); };  exports.submit = function(){ console.log('Within exports.submit 1');     return function(req,res,next){         console.log('Within exports.submit 2 ');         var firstName = req.name.first;         var lastName = req.name.last;         Info.create({             firstName: firstName,             lastName: lastName         },function(err){             if(err) return next(err);              res.redirect('/')         });     } }; 

Model

var mongoose = require('mongoose'); mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/info');  var schema = new mongoose.Schema({     firstName: String,     lastName: String });  module.exports = mongoose.model('info',schema); 

app.js

... app.get('/info',info.form); app.post('/info',info.submit); ... 

Answer 1

Before Mongo 3.6:

You may start mongodb with

mongod --httpinterface 

And access it on

http://localhost:28017 

Since version 2.6: MongoDB disables the HTTP interface by default.

Update

HTTP Interface and REST API

MongoDB 3.6 removes the deprecated HTTP interface and REST API to MongoDB.

See Mongo http interface and rest api

Answer 2

MongoDB has a simple web based administrative port at 28017 by default.

There is no HTTP access at the default port of 27017 (which is what the error message is trying to suggest). The default port is used for native driver access, not HTTP traffic.

To access MongoDB, you'll need to use a driver like the MongoDB native driver for NodeJS. You won't "POST" to MongoDB directly (but you might create a RESTful API using express which uses the native drivers). Instead, you'll use a wrapper library that makes accessing MongoDB convenient. You might also consider using Mongoose (which uses the native driver) which adds an ORM-like model for MongoDB in NodeJS.

If you can't get to the web interface, it may be disabled. Normally, I wouldn't expect that you'd need it for doing development unless you're checking logs and such.