Cannot call the method save of undefined. Mongojs

Question

I have a simple method as follows to write to a mongodb database. It uses the Mongojs module. Everything seems fine with the exception of the last line. I'm getting "TypeError: Cannot call method 'save' of undefined" in the console. What could the problem be?

var db = require('mongojs').connect('mongodb://foo:bar@something.com:10027/foobar');

var saveImage = function(file, usr) {

    var imagesCollection = db.collection('Images');
    var Image = {};
    Image.imageFileName = file;
    Image.user = usr;
    Image.date = new Date();
    db.imagesCollection.save(Image);

}

exports.saveImage = saveImage;

Try to change `db.imagesCollection.save(Image)` to `imagesCollection.save(Image)`. — Farid Nouri Neshat, Jul 18 '12 at 05:17
@alFReDNSH Yes, that was the issue. Thanks! I can't believe I missed that. If you submit your comment as an answer I'll accept it. — hughesdan, Jul 18 '12 at 05:19

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 18 '12 at 06:23

Try to change db.imagesCollection.save(Image) to imagesCollection.save(Image).

"TypeError: Cannot call method 'save' of undefined" means on that line something that has a method of save is undefined. Next try to console.log some variables to understand where is the problem.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 31 '13 at 18:36

The error is telling you that db is an object and does not contain a definition of imagesCollection.

db.imagesCollection.save(Image);

add debugger right above db.imagesCollection.save(Image);

and you'll be able to see that imagesCollection is not currently a property of db.

Cannot call the method save of undefined. Mongojs

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