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Building a Backend Application with Go

Connect to the MongoDB Database

Explore how to configure and connect a Go backend application to a MongoDB database for persistent data storage. Learn to set up environment variables, create database connection helpers, and integrate JWT authentication for enhanced security in your GraphQL development.

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Introduction

The storage used so far isn’t persistent, and the authentication feature hasn’t been available. Let’s replace it with persistent storage using the MongoDB database and add the authentication feature using the JSON Web Token (JWT) mechanism.

Define a configuration

Note: The .env file is required if a local machine is used. However, it has already been set up for you on the Educative platform.

We start by defining the database configuration, including the database name and the MongoDB URI, inside the .env file. Make sure to define the MongoDB URI based on the type of MongoDB used.

Note: If ...