Added dotenv dependency to package.json and updated package-lock.json

Author: KagisoLegodi

.env

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+MONGODB_URI=mongodb+srv://group-b:[email protected]/mydatabase?retryWrites=true&w=majority

app/testConnection.js

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+require('dotenv').config(); // Load environment variables from .env
+import { MongoClient } from 'mongodb';
+
+async function testConnection() {
+  const uri = process.env.MONGODB_URI; // Get connection string from .env
+  const client = new MongoClient(uri, { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true });
+
+  try {
+    // Try connecting to the database
+    await client.connect();
+    console.log('Connected to MongoDB successfully');
+  } catch (error) {
+    // Log any connection errors
+    console.error('Failed to connect to MongoDB:', error);
+  } finally {
+    // Close the connection
+    await client.close();
+  }
+}
+
+testConnection();

package-lock.json

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "lint": "next lint"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
     "keyv": "^5.1.2",
     "mongodb": "^6.10.0",
     "next": "^15.0.0",

package.json

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+require('dotenv').config(); // Load environment variables from .env
+const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb'); // Use require instead of import
+
+async function testConnection() {
+  const uri = process.env.MONGODB_URI; // Get connection string from .env
+  const client = new MongoClient(uri, { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true });
+
+  try {
+    // Try connecting to the database
+    await client.connect();
+    console.log('Connected to MongoDB successfully');
+  } catch (error) {
+    // Log any connection errors
+    console.error('Failed to connect to MongoDB:', error);
+  } finally {
+    // Close the connection
+    await client.close();
+  }
+}
+
+testConnection();