renaming a collection with mongoDB

Question

I can not rename a collection in mongoDB. I can see that it exists and can write and read data from it. I have attempted the following using the node mongo native driver.

db.collection("mycollection").renameCollection("mynewcollection");

error: TypeError: Object #<Collection> has no method 'renameCollection'

and

db['mycollection'].renameCollection("mynewcollection");

Cannot call method 'renameCollection' of undefined

performing the following in the same place returns all docs as expected

db.collection("mycollection").find({}).toArray(function(err, docs){
    console.log(docs);
});

Answer 1

The method to rename a collection using the node.js driver is rename, not renameCollection:

db.collection("mycollection").rename("mynewcollection", function(err, newColl) {...});